Tridens flavus

Tridens flavus

Tridens flavus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Cynodonteae
Subtribus: Pappophorinae
Genus: Tridens
Species: Tridens flavus

Name

Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc., 1906

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Poa flava L., Sp. Pl.: 68 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Festuca flava (L.) F.Muell., Select Pl.: 87 (1872).
  • Sieglingia flava (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 739 (1891).
  • Tricuspis flava (L.) F.T.Hubb., Rhodora 14: 186 (1912).
  • Triodia flava (L.) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 95 (1913).
• Heterotypic
  • Poa seslerioides Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 68 (1803), nom. illeg.
  • Festuca quadridens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 640 (1812).
  • Tricuspis caroliniana P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 77 (1812).
  • Tricuspis novae-boracensis P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 77 (1812), nom. nud.
  • Poa quinquefida Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 81 (1813).
  • Triodia cuprea J.Jacq., Ecl. Gram. Rar.: 21 (1814).
  • Panicum festucoides Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 283 (1816).
  • Poa arundinacea Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 329 (1816), nom. illeg.
  • Schedonorus quadridens (Poir.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 710 (1817).
  • Tridens quinquefidus (Pursh) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 599 (1817).
  • Windsoria poiformis Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 70 (1818), nom. superfl.
  • Cynodon carolinianus (P.Beauv.) Raspail, Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825).
  • Uralepis cuprea (J.Jacq.) Kunth, Révis. Gramin. 1: 108 (1829).
  • Windsoria seslerioides Eaton, Man. Bot., ed. 5: 447 (1829), nom. superfl.
  • Eragrostis tricuspis Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 414 (1830), nom. superfl.
  • Tricuspis quinquefida (Pursh) P.Beauv. ex G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 31 (1830).
  • Triodia coerulescens Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 203 (1831), pro syn.
  • Triodia festucoides (Poir.) Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 202 (1831).
  • Triodia novaeboracensis Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 203 (1831).
  • Poa caerulescens Michx. ex Kunth, Enum. Pl. 1: 319 (1833), pro syn.
  • Festuca purpurea Schreb. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 632 (1840), pro syn.
  • Uralepis tricuspis Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 564 (1840), pro syn.
  • Tricuspis seslerioides Torr., Fl. New York 2: 463 (1843), nom. superfl.
  • Tricuspis seslerioides var. flexuosa Alph.Wood, Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 398 (1871).
  • Triodia seslerioides Benth. ex Vasey, Grass. U.S.: 35 (1883), nom. superfl.
  • Sieglingia cuprea (J.Jacq.) Millsp., Fl. W. Virginia: 471 (1892).
  • Sieglingia seslerioides Scribn., Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 48 (1894), nom. superfl.
  • Sieglingia seslerioides var. intermedia Vasey ex L.H.Dewey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 539 (1894).
  • Tricuspis seslerioides var. pallida Holm, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 14: 19 (1901).
  • Triodia seslerioides var. aristata Scribn., Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 45 (1901).
  • Tridens seslerioides Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 142 (1903), nom. superfl.
  • Eragrostis arundinacea Jedwabn., Bot. Arch. 5: 192 (1924).
  • Triodia flava var. aristata (Scribn.) Fernald & Griscom, Rhodora 37: 134 (1935).
  • Triodia flava f. cuprea (J.Jacq.) Fosberg, Castanea 11: 67 (1946).
  • Tridens flavus var. aristatus (Scribn.) Shinners, Rhodora 56: 27 (1954).
  • Tridens flavus f. cupreus (J.Jacq.) Fosberg, Castanea 20: 58 (1957).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern & Central USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: California, Ontario References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hitchcock, A.S., 1906. Rhodora; Journal of the New England Botanical Club. Cambridge, MA 8:210.

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Tridens flavus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 07. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Tridens flavus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 September 07. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Tridens flavus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 07 September 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Tridens flavus. Published online. Accessed: September 07 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Tridens flavus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: purpletop tridens

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