Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40488

Place of publication:

Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:259, fig. 2. 1941

Verified:

03/04/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

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

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson var. australe (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson var. hirsutum de Wet & Timothy (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.
Boggan, J. et al. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. 1997
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. 1993
Buckler, E. S. & T. P. Holtsford. 1996. Zea systematics: ribosomal ITS evidence. Molec. Biol. Evol. 612-622.
Buckler, E. S. & T. P. Holtsford. 1996. Zea systematics: ribosomal ITS evidence. Molec. Biol. Evol. 612-622.
Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1981. Systematics of South American Tripsacum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 68:272.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1984. Counterfeit hybrids between Tripsacum and Zea (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:245-251.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1984. Counterfeit hybrids between Tripsacum and Zea (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 71:245-251.
Görts-van Rijn, A. R. A., ed. Flora of the Guianas. 1986-
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.
Wilkes, G. 2004. Corn, strange and marvelous: but is a definitive origin known? Corn: origin, history, technology, and production. 2004 3-64.
Wilkes, G. 2004. Corn, strange and marvelous: but is a definitive origin known? Corn: origin, history, technology, and production. 2004 3-64.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Trujillo
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru

Native
Southern America

BRAZIL: Brazil
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela [Amazonas, Trujillo]
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Paraguay
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia [Meta], Peru

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=40488. Accessed 26 May 2026.