Tripsacum sect. Tripsacum

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 695.

Staminate spikelets in sessile pairs or 1 member of each pair on a short, stout pedicel.

Selected References

None.

"decumbent" is not a number.

... more about "Tripsacum sect. Tripsacum"
anatomy +  and kranz +
Mary E. Barkworth +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
indurate +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
divergent +  and parallel +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
pseudopetiolate +
non-radiate +  and radiate +
well-developed +
usually linear +  and lanceolate occasionally ovate +
reduced +
spikelike +
purple +  and reddish +
ascending +  and erect +
70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br /> (500 cm5,000 mm <br />5 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Del. +, D.C +, W.Va. +, Fla. +, Puerto Rico +, N.Mex. +, Mass. +, R.I. +, La. +, Tenn. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Pa. +, Va. +, Md. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ill. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Iowa +, Ariz. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Tex. +, Ohio +, Mo. +, Mich. +, Miss. +  and Ky. +
capillary +
sometimes longer +
concealing +
compressed +  and terete +
shorter or longer +
subtending +
compressed +  and rounded +
unequal +
membranous +, chartaceous +  and coriaceous +
uncinate +
bracteate +  and ebracteate +
pedunculate +  and multiple-stalked +
solid +  and hollow +
photosynthetic +
not aromatic +
coriaceous +
erose +  and ciliate +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
complex +  and simple +
concealed +  and prominent +
pedicellate +
not fused +
dry +  and fleshy +
elongate +
subdigitate +
sterile +  and bisexual +
usually smaller +  and reduced +
1 +  and 3 +
fused +  and free +
not fused +
dome--shaped +  and triangular +
Gramineae +
Tripsacum sect. Tripsacum +
Tripsacum +
section +
membranous +
sessile-pedicellate +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +