''Tripsacum'' is a

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of plants in the

grass family Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in ...

and native to the

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. Gamagrass is a common name for plants in this genus.

Species

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Formerly included

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Anthephora ''Anthephora'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to southwest Asia, Africa, the Americas, and various islands. ; Species * ''Anthephora ampullacea'' - Guinea, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola * ''Anthepho ...

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Coelorachis ''Coelorachis'' is a genus of plants in the Poaceae, grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas. ''Coelorhachis'' is treated by some sources as part of the genus ''Mnesithea'', so the following species can g ...

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Elionurus ''Elionurus'' is a genus of Asian, African, Australian, and Neotropical plants in the grass family. ; Species ; formerly included see ''Bothriochloa Lasiurus Loxodera Phacelurus Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespread genus of p ...

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Hackelochloa ''Hackelochloa'' is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family. The genus was named after Eduard Hackel, an Austrian botanist, by Otto Kuntze, in 1891. Species *'' Hackelochloa granularis'' ( L.) Kuntze - sub-Saharan Africa; so ...

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Hemarthria ''Hemarthria'' is a genus of herbaceous plants in the grass family. They occur in the tropical and subtropical Old World, especially in China and Southeast Asia, with some species in Africa, Australia, and Southern Europe.

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Ischaemum ''Ischaemum'' is a genus in the tribe Andropogoneae, belonging to the grass family, widespread in tropical and semitropical regions in many countries. Many species are known commonly as murainagrass. In 2022Shahid Nawaz(an agrostologist, The Bl ...

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Lasiurus ''Lasiurus'' is a genus of bats in the family Vespertilionidae. Its members are known as hairy-tailed bats or red bats. Phylogeny The following is the relationship of the three genera formerly included within ''Lasiurus'', based on an analysis ...

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Manisuris ''Manisuris'' is a genus of Indian plants in the Poaceae, grass family. The only known species is ''Manisuris myurus'', native to Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Formerly included species Numerous species are now regarded as better suited in other ...

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Microstegium ''Microstegium'' is a genus of African, Asian, and Pacific Island plants in the sorghum tribe within the grass family. Browntop is a common name. ; Species ; formerly included see '' Ischaemum Schizachyrium ''Schizachyrium'' is a widespr ...

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Pogonatherum ''Pogonatherum'' is a genus of Asian and oceanic island plants in the grass family. ; Species * '' Pogonatherum biaristatum'' S.L.Chen & G.Y.Sheng - Hainan * '' Pogonatherum crinitum'' (Thunb.) Kunth - Indian Subcontinent, China, Japan, southea ...

References

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Bunchgrasses of North America Bunchgrasses of South America Poaceae genera Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus Andropogoneae {{Panicoideae-stub