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:

10 (2 active, 1 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson var. australe (3 active accession[s])
Tripsacum australe H. C. Cutler & E. S. Anderson var. hirsutum de Wet & Timothy (7 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

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
Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45 Note: as "var. australe"
Buckler, E. S. & T. P. Holtsford. 1996. Zea systematics: ribosomal ITS evidence. Molec. Biol. Evol. 13:612-622.
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. 68:269-276.
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. 1986-. Flora of the Guianas.
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. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
Wilkes, G. 2004. Corn, strange and marvelous: but is a definitive origin known? In: Smith, C. W. et al., eds., Corn: origin, history, technology, and production 3-64.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Southern America	Brazil	Brazil		Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	French Guiana		Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Guyana		Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Suriname		Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Amazonas	Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela	Trujillo	Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
1	Native	Southern America	Southern South America	Paraguay		Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia		Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia	Meta	Cutler, H. C. & E. Anderson. 1941. A preliminary survey of the genus Tripsacum. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 28:249-269.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Peru	San Martín	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1981. Systematics of South American Tripsacum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 68:269-276.

Native
Southern America

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

Reference(s)

Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2
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. 68:269-276.

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://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40488. Accessed 14 April 2026.