| Trident grasses | |
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| Tristachya leucothrix | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Tribe: | Tristachyideae |
| Genus: | Tristachya Nees |
| Type species | |
| Tristachya leiostachya Nees | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tristachya (common name trident grasses) is a genus of African and Latin American plants in tribe Tristachyideae within the grass family.
- Species
- Tristachya angustifolia Hitchc. - Nayarit in western Mexico
- Tristachya auronitens J.Duvign. - Zaïre
- Tristachya avenacea (J.Presl) Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico, Central America
- Tristachya bequaertii De Wild. - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
- Tristachya betsileensis A.Camus - Madagascar
- Tristachya bicrinita (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia
- Tristachya biseriata Stapf - Lesotho, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
- Tristachya contrerasii R.Guzmán - Jalisco in western Mexico
- Tristachya hubbardiana Conert - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia
- Tristachya huillensis Rendle - Zaïre, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
- Tristachya humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
- Tristachya laxa Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico (Durango, Nayarit, Sinaloa)
- Tristachya leiostachya Nees - Paraguay, Brazil
- Tristachya leucothrix Trin. ex Nees - central + southern Africa
- Tristachya lualabaensis (De Wild.) J.B.Phipps - central + southern Africa
- Tristachya nodiglumis K.Schum. - central + southern Africa
- Tristachya papilosa R.Guzmán - Nayarit in western Mexico
- Tristachya pedicellata Stent - Limpopo Province in South Africa
- Tristachya rehmannii Hack. - central + southern Africa
- Tristachya superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. - sub-Saharan Africa
- Tristachya thollonii Franch. - from Chad to Angola
- Tristachya viridearistata (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi
- formerly included
see Danthoniopsis Dilophotriche Loudetia Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Zonotriche
- Tristachya anthoxanthoides - Loudetia vanderystii
- Tristachya arundinacea - Loudetia arundinacea
- Tristachya aurea - Zonotriche inamoena
- Tristachya barbata - Danthoniopsis barbata
- Tristachya bricchettiana - Danthoniopsis barbata
- Tristachya chevalieri - Loudetiopsis chevalieri
- Tristachya chrysothrix - Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
- Tristachya coarctata - Loudetiopsis coarctata
- Tristachya decora - Zonotriche decora
- Tristachya dregeana - Trichopteryx dregeana
- Tristachya elegans - Loudetia simplex
- Tristachya esculenta - Loudetia esculenta
- Tristachya fulva - Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
- Tristachya glabrinodis - Loudetiopsis kerstingii
- Tristachya inamoena - Zonotriche inamoena
- Tristachya kagerensis - Loudetia kagerensis
- Tristachya kerstingii - Loudetiopsis kerstingii
- Tristachya microstachya - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
- Tristachya minuta - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
- Tristachya multinodis - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
- Tristachya parviflora - Loudetiopsis ambiens
- Tristachya pilgeriana - Zonotriche decora
- Tristachya purpurea - Dilophotriche purpurea
- Tristachya ringoetii - Zonotriche inamoena
- Tristachya scaettae - Loudetiopsis scaettae
- Tristachya simplex - Loudetia simplex
- Tristachya somalensis - Danthoniopsis barbata
- Tristachya stocksii - Danthoniopsis stocksii
- Tristachya tristachyoides - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
- Tristachya triticoides - Loudetia coarctata
- Tristachya tuberculata - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
References
- lectotype designated by Swallen, N. Amer. Fl 17(8): 578 (14 Jul 1939)
- ^ Tropicos, Tristachya Nees
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Hoare, D. B. "Tristachya leucothrix Nees". FAO. CIAT/FAO collaboration on Tropical Forages. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1829. Flora Brasiliensis seu Enumeratio Plantarum 2(1): 458
- The Plant List search for Tristachya
External links
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tristachya |
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