Tripsacum pilosum Scribn. & Merr. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum pilosum Scribn. & Merr.

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Fasciculata

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

319463

Place of publication:

Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24:6. 1901

Verified:

03/03/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum pilosum Scribn. & Merr. var. guatemalense de Wet & Brink (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum pilosum Scribn. & Merr. var. pilosum (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Reference(s)

Blakey, C. A. et al. 2007. Tripsacum genetics: from observations along a river to molecular genomics. Maydica 52:81-99.
Blakey, C. A. et al. 2007. Tripsacum genetics: from observations along a river to molecular genomics. Maydica 52:81-99.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Systematics of Tripsacum section Fasciculata (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 70:1141.
Larson, S. R. & J. Doebley. 1994. Restriction site variation in the chloroplast genome of Tripsacum (Poaceae): phylogeny and rates of sequence evolution. Syst. Bot. 19:21-34.
Leblanc, O. et al. 1995. Chromosome doubling in Tripsacum: the production of artificial, sexual tetraploid plants. Pl. Breed. (New York) 114:226-230.
Leblanc, O. et al. 1995. Chromosome doubling in Tripsacum: the production of artificial, sexual tetraploid plants. Pl. Breed. (New York) 114:226-230.
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Wilkes, G. 2004. Corn, strange and marvelous: but is a definitive origin known? Corn: origin, history, technology, and production. 2004 3-63.
Wilkes, G. 2004. Corn, strange and marvelous: but is a definitive origin known? Corn: origin, history, technology, and production. 2004 3-63.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:627.

Common names

Spanish
maizillo –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Federal District
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Federal District, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacan, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Veracruz]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Guatemala, Honduras

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319463. Accessed 16 December 2025.