Triplasis

Triplasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Triplasis
P.Beauv.
Type species
Triplasis americana
P.Beauv
Synonyms[1]
  • Uralepis Nutt.
  • Diplocea Raf.
  • Merisachne Steud.

Triplasis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family.[2][3][4]

Species[1][5][6]
  1. Triplasis americana P.Beauv. - southeastern USA (LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
  2. Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm. - Canada (Ontario), widespread in USA (primarily East Coast, Great Plains, + Great Lakes regions), Mexico (Tabasco), Costa Rica, Honduras
formerly included[1]

see Tripogon

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