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Genus of grasses
Tripsacum is a
genus of plants in the
grass family and native to the
Western Hemisphere .
[3] Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.
[4]
Species
[2]
[5]
[6]
Tripsacum andersonii - from Veracruz to Bolivia
Tripsacum australe - South America
Tripsacum cundinamarce - Colombia
Tripsacum dactyloides - widespread in Latin America, West Indies, eastern USA
[7]
Tripsacum intermedium - Guerrero, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
Tripsacum jalapense - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador
Tripsacum lanceolatum - USA (AZ NM),
[8] 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
formerly included
[2]
see
Anthephora
Apluda
Chionachne
Coelorachis
Elionurus
Hackelochloa
Hemarthria
Ischaemum
Lasiurus
Manisuris
Microstegium
Pogonatherum
References
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Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
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a
b
c
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
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USDA, NRCS (n.d.).
"Tripsacum " . The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov) . Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015 .
^ 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)
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The Plant List search for Tripsacum
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Biota of North America 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum dactyloides
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution map, Tripsacum lanceolatum
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