Triplasis purpurea

Taxonavigation

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

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm., 1860

Basionym
- Aira purpurea Walter, Fl. Carol.: 78 (1788).
Homotypic
- Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 62 (1818).
- Tricuspis purpurea (Walter) A.Gray, Manual: 589 (1848).
- Festuca purpurea (Walter) F.Muell., Select Pl.: 88 (1872).
- Sieglingia purpurea (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 789 (1891).
- Triodia purpurea (Walter) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 95 (1913).
Heterotypic
- Festuca brevifolia Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 167 (1817).
- Uralepis aristulata Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 63 (1818).
- Diplocea barbata Raf., Amer. J. Sci. (New York), ed. 2, 1: 252 (1819), nom. provis.
- Glyceria brevifolia (Muhl.) Schult., Mant. 2: 387 (1824).
- Merisachne drummondii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 117 (1854).
- Triplasis sparsiflora Chapm., Bot. Gaz. 3: 19 (1878).
- Panicularia brevifolia (Muhl.) Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 205 (1893).
- Triplasis intermedia Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 564 (1898).
- Triplasis floridana Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303 (1919 publ. 1920).
- Triplasis glabra Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303 (1919 publ. 1920).
- Triplasis purpurea var. caribensis R.W.Pohl, Iowa State J. Res. 47: 76 (1972).
- Triplasis caribensis (R.W.Pohl) Beetle, Phytologia 54: 5 (1983).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern USA
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
- Regional: Western USA
  - Oregon
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Southeast
- Regional: Canada
  - Ontario
Continental: Southern America
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Honduras

Chapman, A.W. 1860. Flora of the Southern United States; Containing Abridged Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida: Arranged According to the Natural System. The ferns by D.C. Eaton. New York: Ivison, Phinney & co. BHL Reference page. : 560.

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

Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Triplasis purpurea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 01. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2022. Triplasis purpurea. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 01. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Triplasis purpurea. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 September 2022.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Triplasis purpurea. Published online. Accessed: September 01 2022.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Triplasis purpurea in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

English: purple sandgrass

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