Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Triplasis P.Beauv.
SANDGRASS
Classification
POALES
Triplasis
Citation
TRIPLASIS Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 81, pl. 16(10). 1812.
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TYPE: Triplasis americana Palisot de Beauvois
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Triplasis americana PERENNIAL SANDGRASS Native
Triplasis purpurea PURPLE SANDGRASS Native
Identification Key
1.  Internodes pubescent; lemma awns (4.4)6-8.1 mm long, much exceeding the long, subulate-pointed lobes of the lemma
1.  Internodes glabrous, or puberulent only immediately below the node; lemma awns 1-3.1 mm long, shorter than or barely exceeding the short, blunt lobes of the lemma
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Diplocea Diplocea Rafinesque, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 1: 252. 1818. TYPE: Diplocea barbata Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Aira purpurea Walter) = Uralepis Nuttall 1818.
Merisachne Merisachne Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 117. 1854. TYPE: Merisachne drummondii Steudel
Uralepis Uralepis Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 62. 1818, as 'Uralepsis'. TYPE: Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nuttall (Aira purpurea Walter) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772. 76. 1920.