Overview
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Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Mexican Gamagrass
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
()
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
()
- Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
()
- Genus:
Tripsacum
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1759
- Specific epithet:
lanceolatum
- Rupr. ex Fourn.
- Botanical name: - Tripsacum lanceolatum Rupr. ex Fourn.
- Specific epithet:
lanceolatum
- Rupr. ex Fourn.
- Genus:
Tripsacum
(
- Subtribe:
Tripsacinae
(
- Tribe:
Andropogoneae
(
- Subfamily:
Panicoideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Tripsacum
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
T. dactyloides (Eastern Gamagrass) · T. fasciculatum (Guatemalan Gamagrass) · T. floridanum (Florida Gama Grass) · T. lanceolatum (Mexican Gamagrass) · T. latifolium (Wideleaf Gamagrass)
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Further Reading
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- Biologia centrali-americana; or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America. London, Pub. for the editors by R. H. Porter and Dulau & co., 1879-88. url .
- Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 16 1953-1954 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- url .
- Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 7 1920 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 279, p. 280, p. 81.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 17 1913-1916 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 196, p. 49, p. 624, p. 625, p. 626.
- Flora of Guatemala: part II: grasses of Guatemala / Jason R. Swallen; Bamboos / F.A. McClure. 24 1955 Chicago, Ill.: Chicago Natural History Museum, 1955. url p. 362, p. 363.
- Flora of New Mexico / by E.O. Wooton and Paul C. Standley. Washington: G.P.O., 1915. url p. 49.
- Grasses of North America for farmers and students. .. / by W.J. Beal. Lansing: W.J. Beal, 1887-1896. url p. 18.
- Manual of the grasses of the United States / by A.S. Hitchcock. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1935. url p. 768, p. 973.
- Memoirs of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 12 1981 San Diego, Calif.: The Society, 1931-1989. url p. 132.
- Phytologia memoirs. Plainfield, N.J.: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke, 1980- url p. 64.
- Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 203, p. 209, p. 215, p. 294.
- Science. 36 1912 New York, N.Y.: [s.n.]1880- url p. 90.
- Zoe:a biological journal. 4 1894 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 384, p. 386.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
- Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2661353
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-41289
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13753777
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:425003-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 40492
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 41289
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: TRLA11
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 64384
