| Tripsacum | |
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| Tripsacum grass | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Supertribe: | Andropogonodae |
| Tribe: | Andropogoneae |
| Subtribe: | Tripsacinae |
| Genus: | Tripsacum L. |
| Type species | |
| Tripsacum dactyloides | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Tripsacum is a genus of plants in the grass family and native to the Western Hemisphere.[3] Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.[4]
- ^ Tropicos, Tripsacum L.
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1759. Systema Naturae, Editio Decima 2: 1379 in Latin
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Tripsacum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 15 December 2015.