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Tripsacum pilosum

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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: pilosum - Scribner & Merr.
        Botanical name: - Tripsacum pilosum Scribner & Merr.

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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Botanical Museum leaflets, Harvard University. 19 1959-1962 Cambridge, Mass.: Botanical Museum, Harvard University, 1932- url p. 98.
Britton, N. L. (ed.). North American flora. 17 1909 [New York]New York Botanical Garden. url p. 80, p. 81.
Bulletin / United States Department of Agriculture, Division of Agrostology. Washington, D.C.: The Division, 1895-1901. url .
Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 17 1913-1916 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 196, p. 627, p. 700, p. 701, p. 745.
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. 364.
Phytologia. Bronx Park, New York, H.A. Gleason and H.N. Moldenke, url p. 203, p. 211, p. 212, p. 215, p. 294.

Notes

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Contributors

Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5414232
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15778275
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:425014-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2068180

Last Revised: 2012-07-23