Tripsacum

Tripsacum dactyloides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Tripsacinae
Genus: Tripsacum
Species: T. andersonii – T. australe – T. cundinamarce – T. dactyloides – T. intermedium – T. jalapense – T. lanceolatum – T. latifolium – T. laxum – T. maizar – T. manisuroides – T. peruvianum – T. pilosum – T. zopilotense

Name

Tripsacum L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1261 (1759)

• Type species: Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L., Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 1261 (1759)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Digitaria Adans., Fam. Pl. 2: 38 (1763), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Dactylodes Zanoni-Monti ex Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 772 (1891).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Georgia, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Rhode I., South Carolina, Suriname, Tennessee, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Virginia, West Virginia Introduced into: Andaman Is., Borneo, Cameroon, Congo, Fiji, Gabon, Guinea, India, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Jawa, Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, New Caledonia, Niue, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Society Is., Solomon Is., Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tanzania, Victoria, Vietnam References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1759. Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus II. Editio decima, reformata. Pp. [I–VI], 825–1384. Impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae [Stockholm]. BHL Reference page. : 1253, 1261, 1379.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Tripsacum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Tripsacum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 3.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Tripsacum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Tripsacum. Published online. Accessed: 3 Nov. 2013.

Vernacular names

English: gama grass
español: Euchlaena

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