Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

319455

Place of publication:

J. M. J. de Wet et al., Amer. J. Bot. 69:1254. 1982

Verified:

03/04/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. mexicanum de Wet & J. R. Harlan (0 active accession[s])

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

Basionym

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. subsp. hispidum Hitchc.

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Reference(s)

Blakey, C. A. et al. 2007. Tripsacum genetics: from observations along a river to molecular genomics. Maydica 81-99.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
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

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Panama

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico, Michoacan, Morelos]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=319455. Accessed 25 May 2026.