Summary
Place of publication:
N. Amer. fl. 17:81. 1909
Comment:
formerly sometimes misapplied to T. andersonii J. R. Gray
Verified:
03/04/2009
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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Common names
Portuguese (Brazil)
grama-Guatemala – pasto-Guatemala –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Chiapas | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Colima | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
| 1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz | |
| 1 | Native | Southern America | Mesoamerica | Guatemala | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Cuba | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Hispaniola | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Jamaica | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Caribbean | Puerto Rico | | |
| 4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Jalisco, Veracruz]
Southern America
Naturalized
Southern America
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CARIBBEAN:
Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
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=40494.
Accessed 16 December 2025.