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Tripsacum dactyloides  (L.) L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 41287

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Coix dactyloides L.
  
    Tripsacum dactyloides var. occidentale H.C. Cutler & E.S. Anderson
  
    Andropogon digitatus Hochst. ex Steud.
  
    Coix angulata Mill.
  
    Dactylodes angulatum (Mill.) Kuntze
  
    Dactylodes dactylodes (L.) Kuntze
  
    Ischaemum glabrum Walter
  
    Tripsacum monostachyon Willd.
  
    Tripsacum dactyloides var. monostachyon (Willd.) Eaton & J. Wright
  
    Tripsacum dactyloides var. monostachyum (Willd.) Hack.
  
    Tripsacum dactyloides f. prolificum R.S. Dayton & Dewald
  
  Common Name(s): eastern gamagrass
 
       
  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  
                               GenusTripsacum L. – gamagrass, gama grass  
                                  SpeciesTripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. – eastern gamagrass  
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                                     VarietyTripsacum dactyloides var. dactyloides (L.) L.  
                                     VarietyTripsacum dactyloides var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J.R. Harlan  
                                     VarietyTripsacum dactyloides var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy  
                                     VarietyTripsacum dactyloides var. mexicanum de Wet & J.R. Harlan  
       

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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: Tripsacum dactyloides   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Tripsacum dactyloides   
       
  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: Tripsacum dactyloides   
       
  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: Tripsacum dactyloides   
       
  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: Tripsacum dactyloides   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Middle America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Native  
 

 

    

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