Tripsacum floridanum Porter ex Vasey GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum floridanum Porter ex Vasey

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

70806

Place of publication:

Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3:6. 1892

Verified:

03/03/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Other conspecific taxa

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. floridanum (Porter ex Vasey) Beal

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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.
Bomblies, K. & J. F. Doebley. 2005. Molecular evolution of FLORICAULA/LEAFY orthologs in the Andropogoneae (Poaceae). Molec. Biol. Evol. 22:1082-1094.
Bomblies, K. & J. F. Doebley. 2005. Molecular evolution of FLORICAULA/LEAFY orthologs in the Andropogoneae (Poaceae). Molec. Biol. Evol. 22:1082-1094.
Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1976. Systematics of Tripsacum (Gramineae). Phytologia 33:209.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1256.
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Galinat, W. C. & F. C. Craighead. 1964. Some observations on the dissemination of Tripsacum. Rhodora 66:371-374.
Galinat, W. C. & F. C. Craighead. 1964. Some observations on the dissemination of Tripsacum. Rhodora 66:371-374.
Galinat, W. 1961. Tripsacum floridanum crosses readily with corn. Maize Genet. Coop. News Lett. 35:38-39.
Galinat, W. 1961. Tripsacum floridanum crosses readily with corn. Maize Genet. Coop. News Lett. 35:38-39.
Hoisington, D. et al. 1999. Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96:5937-5943.
Hoisington, D. et al. 1999. Plant genetic resources: What can they contribute toward increased crop productivity? Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 96:5937-5943.
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.
Long, R. W. & O. Lakela. A flora of tropical Florida. 1971
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. 46:625.

Common names

English
Florida gama grass –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Center for Plant Conservation listed			Center for Plant Conservation. Center for Plant Conservation National Collection of Endangered Plants (on-line resource).
Environmental	ornamental		FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-

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=70806. Accessed 15 December 2025.