Taxon: Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. hispidum (Hitchc.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan

Summary

Genus:

Tripsacum

Section:

Tripsacum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Tripsacinae

Nomen number:

319455

Place of publication:

J. M. J. de Wet et al., Amer. J. Bot. 69:1254. 1982

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. (81 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. dactyloides (0 active accession[s])
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. var. meridonale de Wet & Timothy (84 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

Basionym
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.) L. subsp. hispidum Hitchc.

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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.
Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
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 3-63.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:625.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Aguascalientes	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas	Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos	de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama		Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Durango, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Aguascalientes, Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos]

Southern America

CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama

Reference(s)

Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
de Wet, J. M. J. et al. 1982. Systematics of Tripsacum dactyloides (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 69:1251-1257.

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=319455. Accessed 11 May 2026.