Tripsacum lanceolatum Rupr. ex E. Fourn. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum lanceolatum Rupr. ex E. Fourn.

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Fasciculata

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40492

Place of publication:

Mexic. pl. 2:68. 1886

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

No images

Reference(s)

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. 70:1140.
Eubanks, M. E. 2001. The mysterious origin of maize. Econ. Bot. 55:492-514.
Eubanks, M. E. 2001. The mysterious origin of maize. Econ. Bot. 55:492-514.
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
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.
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
Randolph, L. F. 1970. Variation among Tripsacum populations of Mexico and Guatemala. Brittonia 22:305-337.
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. 46:626.

Common names

English
Mexican gama grass –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Norte
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Baja Sur
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
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	Sinaloa
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Hidalgo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacan
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja Norte, Baja Sur, Chihuahua, Durango, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Zacatecas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacan]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

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=40492. Accessed 31 May 2026.