Characteristics
Monocots
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.)L.
EASTERN GAMAGRASS; FAKAHATCHEEGRASS
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Native FAC (NWPL) FAC (DEP)
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Classification
POALES
Tripsacum dactyloides (L.)L. - EASTERN GAMAGRASS; FAKAHATCHEEGRASS
Citation
TRIPSACUM DACTYLOIDES (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 1261. 1759.
Coix dactyloides Linnaeus 1753.
Without data (lectotype: LINN 1097.1). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 124. 1908.
Species Distribution Map

Based on vouchered plant specimens from wild populations. Cultivated occurrences are not mapped. Click on a county to display its name.

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County
County - Species Present
Source
County
Herbaria
Literature Citation (If Applicable)
Alachua
FLAS
 
Bay
FSU
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
USF
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Charlotte
USF
 
Clay
USF
 
Collier
USF
 
DeSoto
USF
 
Dixie
FLAS
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Coix angulatus
Coix angulatus Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Coix dactyloides Linnaeus 1753.
 
Coix dactyloides
Coix dactyloides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 972. 1753.
 
TYPE: Without data (lectotype: LINN 1097.1). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 12: 124. 1908.
Dactylodes angulatum
Dactylodes angulatum Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 773. 1891, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Coix angulatus Miller 1768, nom. illegit.; Coix dactyloides Linnaeus 1753.
 
Dactylodes dactyloides
Dactylodes dactyloides (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 349. 1898.
BASIONYM: Coix dactyloides Linnaeus 1753.
 
Ischaemum glabrum
Ischaemum glabrum Walter, Fl. Carol. 249. 1788.
 
 
Tripsacum dactyloides forma prolificum
Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, forma prolificum R. S. Dayton & Dewald, Phytologia 57: 156. 1985.
 
TYPE: KANSAS: Ottawa Co.: Ca. 1 air mi. S of State Lake, 2 Jul 1982, Dewald WW-1654 (holotype: OKLA).
Tripsacum dactyloides subsp. hispidum
Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, subsp. hispidum Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 41: 295. 1906.
 
TYPE: MEXICO: San Luis Potosí: Las Canoas, s.d., Pringle 3811 (holotype: US?).
Tripsacum dactyloides var. genuinum
Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, var. genuinum Hackel, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(3): 316. 1883, nom. inadmiss.
BASIONYM: Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus 1759; Coix dactyloides Linnaeus 1753.
 
Tripsacum dactyloides var. monostachyon
Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, var. monostachyon (Willdenow) Hackel, in Martius, Fl. Bras. 2(3): 316. 1883, non Eaton & J. Wright 1840.
BASIONYM: Tripsacum monostachyon Willdenow 1803.
 
Tripsacum dactyloides var. monostachyon
Tripsacum dactyloides (Linnaeus) Linnaeus, var. monostachyon Eaton & J. Wright, Man. Bot., ed. 8. 461. 1840.
 
TYPE: CONNECTICUT:
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Tripsacum dactyloides - 25
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Tripsacum dactyloides - 25
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Tripsacum dactyloides - 159
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Tripsacum dactyloides - 258
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Tripsacum dactyloides - 270
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