Draft:Tripsacum australe
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| Tripsacum australe | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Tripsacum |
| Species: | T. australe
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| Binomial name | |
| Tripsacum australe Cutler & E.S.Anderson, 1941
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Tripsacum australe is a grass from South America.
Some common spanish names for this species according to Universidad Nacional de Columbia are 'arroz silvestre, cañarote, and gramalote'.[1]
Morphology
[edit]Distribution
[edit]T. australe is native to Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, and Venezuela.[2]
Genetics
[edit]The two known varieties[3] of T. australe are diploid (2n = 36). Both varieties can cross and produce fertile hybrids with each other. These two varieties have also been crossed with Tripsacum dactyloides var. meridonale (2n = 36) these hybrids are partially sterile.[4]
The varities are:
- Tripsacum australe var. hirsutum
- Tripsacum australe var. australe
References
[edit]- ^ Escalante, Patricia (2014). Listado de Nombres comunes de las aves en México. doi:10.22201/ib.9786070251825e.2014. ISBN 978-607-02-5182-5.
- ^ "Tripsacum australe Cutler & E.S.Anderson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ "Explore the Taxonomic Tree | FWS.gov". www.fws.gov. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Wet, J. M. J. De; Timothy, D. H.; Hilu, K. W.; Fletcher, G. B. (February 1981). "Systematics of South American Tripsacum (Gramineae)". American Journal of Botany. 68 (2): 269. doi:10.2307/2442859. JSTOR 2442859.