Characteristics
Monocots
Tridens flavus (L.)Hitchc. var. flavus
TALL REDTOP; PURPLETOP TRIDENS
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Native FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
POALES
Tridens flavus (L.)Hitchc. var. flavus - TALL REDTOP; PURPLETOP TRIDENS
Citation
TRIDENS FLAVUS (Linnaeus) Hitchcock, Rhodora 8: 210. 1906.
Poa flava Linnaeus 1753.
VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 273 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 38: 297. 1904.
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
USF
 
Bay
FSU
 
Brevard
USF
 
Broward
NY
 
Calhoun
USF
 
Citrus
USF
 
Clay
FLAS
 
Collier
USF
 
Columbia
USF
 
Dixie
USF
 
Synonyms
Synonym
Full Citation
Basionym
Type
Cynodon carolinianus
Cynodon carolinianus (Palisot de Beauvois) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302. 1825.
BASIONYM: Tricuspis caroliniana Palisot de Beauvois 1812.
 
Eragrostis arundinacea
Eragrostis arundinacea Jedwabnick, Bot. Arch. 5: 192. 1924.
 
TYPE: TEXAS:
Eragrostis tricuspis
Eragrostis tricuspis Trinius, Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 414. 1830, nom. illegit.
BASIONYM: Tricuspis caroliniana Palisot de Beauvois 1812.
 
Festuca flava
Festuca flava (Linnaeus) F. Mueller, Select Pl., ed. 2. 87. 1876.
BASIONYM: Poa flava Linnaeus 1753.
 
Festuca quadridens
Festuca quadridens Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 640. 1812.
 
TYPE: SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Bosc s.n. (holotype: P).
Panicum festucoides
Panicum festucoides Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 283. 1816.
 
 
Poa arundinacea
Poa arundinacea Poiret, in Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 329. 1816, nom. illegit. et non Moench 1794.
BASIONYM: Poa quinquefida Pursh 1814; Poa sesleroides Michaux 1803, non Allioni 1785.
 
Poa flava
Poa flava Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 68. 1753.
 
TYPE: VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 273 (lectotype: BM). Lectotypified by Hitchcock, Bot. Gaz. 38: 297. 1904.
Poa quinquefida
Poa quinquefida Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 81. 1814.
BASIONYM: Poa sesleroides Michaux 1803, non Allioni 1785.
 
Poa sesleroides
Poa sesleroides Michaux, Fl. Bor. Amer. 1: 68. 1803, non Poa seslerioides Allioni 1785.
 
TYPE: NORTH CAROLINA: Without data, Michaux s.n. (holotype: P).
Specimens and Distribution

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Plant Photos
Tridens flavus - 53
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Tridens flavus - 53
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Tridens flavus - 53
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