Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L.

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

40489

Place of publication:

Syst. nat. ed. 10, 2:1261. 1759

Verified:

03/04/2009 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

1 (1 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan (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

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Reference(s)

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Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Bergquist, R. R. 1981. Transfer from Tripsacum dactyloides to corn of a major gene locus conditioning resistance to Puccinia sorghi. Phytopathology 71:518-520.
Blakey, C. A. et al. 2001. Apomixis in Tripsacum: Comparative mapping of a multigene phenomenon. Genome 44:222-230.
Blakey, C. A. et al. 2007. Tripsacum genetics: from observations along a river to molecular genomics. Maydica 52:81-99.
Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
Bomblies, K. & J. F. Doebley. 2005. Molecular evolution of FLORICAULA/LEAFY orthologs in the Andropogoneae (Poaceae). Molec. Biol. Evol. 22:1082-1094.
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de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1981. Systematics of South American Tripsacum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 68:269-276. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-57. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
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Common names

English
eastern gama grass –
gama grass –
French
herbe grama –
German
Gamagras –
Portuguese (Brazil)
capim-gigante –
Spanish
macillo –
pasto Guatemala –
zacate maicero –
Swedish
gamagräs –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Illinois
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Iowa
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Kansas
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Missouri
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Nebraska	s.e.
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Wisconsin
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Connecticut	http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Indiana	s.
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Massachusetts	http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New Jersey
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	New York
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Ohio
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Pennsylvania
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	Rhode Island	http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html
1	Native	Northern America	Northeastern U.S.A.	United States	West Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila de Zaragoza
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Alabama
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Arkansas
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Delaware
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Florida	http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3607
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Georgia
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Kentucky
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Louisiana
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Maryland
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Mississippi
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	North Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	South Carolina
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Tennessee
1	Native	Northern America	Southeastern U.S.A.	United States	Virginia
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Ciudad de México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Bahamas
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Hispaniola		possibly
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama
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
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Northern America

NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Connecticut (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html), Indiana (s.), Massachusetts (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html), New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island (http://neatlas.huh.harvard.edu/Neatlas1/Poac-S-Z.html), West Virginia]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska (s.e.), Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida (http://www.plantatlas.usf.edu/main.asp?plantID=3607), Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Ciudad de México]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola (possibly), Bahamas, Cuba
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Animal food	fodder		Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal food	forage		Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Environmental	erosion control		Schnabel, R. R. 1999. Improving water quality using native grasses. Proceedings of the Second Eastern Native Grass Symposium, November 17-19, 1999. Baltimore, Maryland 46-54.
Environmental	ornamental	for xeriscape landscaping	Englert, J. M. et al. 1999-. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
Environmental	revegetator		Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
Environmental	wildlife habitat		Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170