Tripsacum latifolium Hitchc. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum latifolium Hitchc.

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40493

Place of publication:

Bot. Gaz. 41:294. 1906

Comment:

valid publication verified from original literature

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.
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.
Burger, W. C., ed. Flora costaricensis. 1971-
D'Arcy, W. G. Flora of Panama: checklist and index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. vols. 17-18. 1987
Davidse, G. et al., eds. Flora mesoamericana. 1994
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1976. Systematics of Tripsacum (Gramineae). Phytologia 33:203-227.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1255.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1983. Origin of Tripsacum andersonii (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 70:706-711.
Howard, R. Flora of the lesser Antilles. 1974-1989
McVaugh, R. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983-
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

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Mesoamerica	Nicaragua

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Nayarit]

Southern America

MESOAMERICA: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua

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=40493. Accessed 26 May 2026.