PLANTS Profile for Triplasis americana (perennial sandgrass)

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PLANTS Profile

Triplasis americana P. Beauv.
perennial sandgrass

Symbol:

TRAM7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Triplasis americana P. Beauv.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Triplasis americana P. Beauv.

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Distribution:
Triplasis americana P. Beauv.


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USA (AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC)

Related Taxa:
Triplasis americana P. Beauv.

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 2 species in Triplasis

Classification:
Triplasis americana P. Beauv.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Triplasis P. Beauv. – sandgrass
Species	Triplasis americana P. Beauv. – perennial sandgrass

More Accounts and Images:
Triplasis americana P. Beauv.

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41285.

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 11:22 AM CDT