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Tridens flavus  (L.) Hitchc.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 42227

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Triodia flava (L.) Smyth
  
    Cynodon carolinianus (P. Beauv.) Raspail
  
    Eragrostis arundinacea Jedwabn.
  
    Eragrostis tricuspis Trin.
  
    Festuca flava (L.) F. Muell.
  
    Festuca purpurea Schreb. ex Steud.
  
    Festuca quadridens Bosc ex Trin.
  
    Festuca quadridens Poir.
  
    Panicum festucoides Poir.
  
    Poa arundinacea Poir.
  
    Poa caerulescens Michx. ex P. Beauv.
  
    Poa flava L.
  
    Poa quinquefida Pursh
  
    Poa sesleroides Michx.
  
    Sieglingia cuprea (Jacq.) Millsp.
  
    Sieglingia flava (L.) Kuntze
  
    Sieglingia sesleroides (Michx.) Scribn.
  
    Tricuspis caroliniana P. Beauv.
  
    Tricuspis flava (L.) F.T. Hubb.
  
    Tricuspis novae-boracensis P. Beauv.
  
    Tricuspis quinquefida P. Beauv. ex Don
  
    Tricuspis sesleroides Torr.
  
    Tridens quinquefidus (Pursh) Roem. & Schult.
  
    Tridens sesleroides Nash
  
    Triodia caerulescens (Michx.) Desv.
  
    Triodia cuprea Jacq.
  
    Triodia festucoides (Poir.) Desv.
  
    Triodia flava (L.) Hitchc.
  
    Triodia novaeboracensis (P. Beauv.) Desv.
  
    Triodia triticoides C.A. Gardner
  
    Uralepis cuprea (Jacq.) Kunth
  
    Uralepis tricuspis (Trin.) Steud.
  
    Windsoria poiformis Nutt.
  
    Windsoria sesleroides (Michx.) Eaton
  
    Sieglingia sesleroides var. intermedia Vasey ex L.H. Dewey
  
    Tricuspis sesleroides var. flexuosa Alph. Wood
  
    Tricuspis sesleroides var. pallida T. Holm
  
    Tridens flavus var. aristatus (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) Shinners
  
    Triodia flava var. aristata (Scribn. & C.R. Ball) Fernald & Griscom
  
    Triodia sesleroides var. aristata Scribn. & C.R. Ball
  
    Tridens flavus f. cuprea (Jacq.) Fosberg
  
    Triodia flava f. cuprea (Jacq.) Fosberg
  
    Triodia flava f. flava (L.) Smyth
  
  Common Name(s): purpletop tridens
 
    purpletop [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusTridens Roem. & Schult. – tridens, tridens spp.  
                                  SpeciesTridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. – purpletop tridens, purpletop  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Variety Tridens flavus var. chapmanii (Small) Shinners – Chapman's tridens 
                                     Variety Tridens flavus var. flavus (L.) Hitchc. – purpletop tridens 
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Tridens flavus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tridens flavus   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Tridens flavus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Tridens flavus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Tridens flavus   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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