Tripsacum
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
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|taxon = Tripsacum
|authority = L.
|type_species = Tripsacum dactyloides
|type_species_authority = (L.) L.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019162 Tropicos, Tripsacum L.]
|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=447536 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
|synonyms = *Digitaria Adans. 1763, illegitimate homonym not Heist. ex Fabr. 1759
- Dactylodes Zanoni-Monti ex Kuntze
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Tripsacum is a genus of plants in the grass family and native to the Western Hemisphere.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/587172#page/559/mode/1up Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379] in Latin Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.{{PLANTS|id=TRIPS|taxon=Tripsacum|accessdate=15 December 2015}}
Species
References:Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2002 onwards). World Grass Species: Descriptions, Identification, and Information Retrieval. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db.html. (accessed 22 February 2010; 16:22 GMT)[http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Tripsacum The Plant List search for Tripsacum]
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- Tripsacum andersonii - from Veracruz to Bolivia
- Tripsacum australe - South America
- Tripsacum cundinamarce - Colombia
- Tripsacum dactyloides - widespread in Latin America, West Indies, eastern USA[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Tripsacum%20dactyloides.png Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum dactyloides]
- Tripsacum intermedium - Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
- Tripsacum jalapense - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
- Tripsacum lanceolatum - USA (AZ NM),[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Tripsacum%20lanceolatum.png Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum lanceolatum] Mexico, Central America
- Tripsacum latifolium - Mesoamerica, West Indies
- Tripsacum laxum - Latin America, West Indies
- Tripsacum maizar - Mexico, Guatemala
- Tripsacum manisuroides - Chiapas
- Tripsacum peruvianum - Peru, Ecuador
- Tripsacum pilosum - Peru, Ecuador
- Tripsacum zopilotense - Mexico, Guatemala
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Formerly included
See Anthephora; Apluda; Chionachne; Coelorachis; Elionurus; Hackelochloa; Hemarthria; Ischaemum; Lasiurus; Manisuris; Microstegium; Pogonatherum
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- Tripsacum aegilopoides - Lasiurus scindicus
- Tripsacum aristatum - Ischaemum aristatum
- Tripsacum ciliare - Elionurus ciliaris
- Tripsacum compressum - Hemarthria compressa
- Tripsacum cylindricum - Mnesithea cylindrica
- Tripsacum distachyum - Ischaemum rugosum
- Tripsacum distichum - Ischaemum rugosum
- Tripsacum fasciculatum - Microstegium fasciculatum
- Tripsacum giganteum - Apluda mutica
- Tripsacum granulare - Hackelochloa granularis
- Tripsacum hermaphroditum - Anthephora hermaphrodita
- Tripsacum hirsutum - Lasiurus scindicus
- Tripsacum ischaemum - Ischaemum muticum
- Tripsacum muticum - Ischaemum muticum
- Tripsacum myurus - Manisuris myurus
- Tripsacum paniceum - Pogonatherum paniceum
- Tripsacum pubescens - Anthephora pubescens
- Tripsacum semiteres - Chionachne semiteres
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References
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External links
- [http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00662.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]
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Category:Bunchgrasses of North America
Category:Bunchgrasses of South America
Category:Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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