''Tripogandra'' is a genus of

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s in the spiderwort family,

Commelinaceae Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 kn ...

. It is native to the

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from central

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and the

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south to

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.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
/ref>Davidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F. ; Species * '' Tripogandra amplexans'' Handlos - central + southern Mexico * '' Tripogandra amplexicaulis'' (Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke) Woodson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica * '' Tripogandra angustifolia'' (B.L.Rob.) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala * '' Tripogandra brasiliensis'' Handlos - eastern Brazil * '' Tripogandra disgrega'' (Kunth) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador * '' Tripogandra diuretica'' (Mart.) Handlos - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay * '' Tripogandra elata'' D.R.Hunt - Goiás, Brasília * '' Tripogandra encolea'' (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru * '' Tripogandra glandulosa'' (Seub.) Rohweder - Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay * '' Tripogandra guerrerensis'' Matuda - Guerrero * '' Tripogandra ionantha'' (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Peru * '' Tripogandra kruseana'' Matuda - Guerrero * '' Tripogandra montana'' Handlos - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador * '' Tripogandra multiflora'' (Sw.) Raf. - from southern Mexico south to Argentina, plus Jamaica + Trinidad; naturalized in Azores * '' Tripogandra neglecta'' Handlos - Minas Gerais * '' Tripogandra palmeri'' (Rose) Woodson - western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Guerrero * '' Tripogandra purpurascens'' (S.Schauer) Handlos - from northern Mexico south to Argentina * '' Tripogandra saxicola'' (Greenm.) Woodson - Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero * '' Tripogandra serrulata'' (Vahl) Handlos - central + southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America * '' Tripogandra silvatica'' Handlos - Veracruz * '' Tripogandra warmingiana'' (Seub.) Handlos - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro

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Commelinaceae Commelinaceae genera Taxa named by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque {{Commelinales-stub