Triplasis purpurea

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: Gouiniinae
Genus: Triplasis
Species: Triplasis purpurea

Name

Triplasis purpurea (Walter) Chapm., 1860

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Aira purpurea Walter, Fl. Carol.: 78 (1788).
  • Homotypic
    • Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 62 (1818).
    • Tricuspis purpurea (Walter) A.Gray, Manual: 589 (1848).
    • Festuca purpurea (Walter) F.Muell., Select Pl.: 88 (1872).
    • Sieglingia purpurea (Walter) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 789 (1891).
    • Triodia purpurea (Walter) Smyth, Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 25: 95 (1913).
  • Heterotypic
    • Festuca brevifolia Muhl., Descr. Gram.: 167 (1817).
    • Uralepis aristulata Nutt., Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 63 (1818).
    • Diplocea barbata Raf., Amer. J. Sci. (New York), ed. 2, 1: 252 (1819), nom. provis.
    • Glyceria brevifolia (Muhl.) Schult., Mant. 2: 387 (1824).
    • Merisachne drummondii Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 117 (1854).
    • Triplasis sparsiflora Chapm., Bot. Gaz. 3: 19 (1878).
    • Panicularia brevifolia (Muhl.) Porter, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 20: 205 (1893).
    • Triplasis intermedia Nash, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 564 (1898).
    • Triplasis floridana Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303 (1919 publ. 1920).
    • Triplasis glabra Gand., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 303 (1919 publ. 1920).
    • Triplasis purpurea var. caribensis R.W.Pohl, Iowa State J. Res. 47: 76 (1972).
    • Triplasis caribensis (R.W.Pohl) Beetle, Phytologia 54: 5 (1983).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin
    • Regional: Western USA
      • Oregon
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Southeast
    • Regional: Canada
      • Ontario
  • Continental: Southern America
    • Regional: Central America
      • Costa Rica, Honduras

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Chapman, A.W. 1860. Flora of the Southern United States; Containing Abridged Descriptions of the Flowering Plants and Ferns of Tennessee, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Florida: Arranged According to the Natural System. The ferns by D.C. Eaton. New York: Ivison, Phinney & co. BHL Reference page. : 560.

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.

Vernacular names

English: purple sandgrass
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