Triplasis

Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Triplasis P.Beauv.
POACEAE
SANDGRASS
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Classification
POALES
Triplasis
Citation
TRIPLASIS Palisot de Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 81, pl. 16(10). 1812.
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TYPE: Triplasis americana Palisot de Beauvois
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Triplasis americana PERENNIAL SANDGRASS Native
Triplasis purpurea PURPLE SANDGRASS Native
[Family identification key]
1.  Internodes pubescent; lemma awns (4.4)6-8.1 mm long, much exceeding the long, subulate-pointed lobes of the lemma
T. americana
1.  Internodes glabrous, or puberulent only immediately below the node; lemma awns 1-3.1 mm long, shorter than or barely exceeding the short, blunt lobes of the lemma
T. purpurea
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Diplocea Diplocea Rafinesque, Amer. J. Sci. Arts 1: 252. 1818. TYPE: Diplocea barbata Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Aira purpurea Walter) = Uralepis Nuttall 1818.
Merisachne Merisachne Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 117. 1854. TYPE: Merisachne drummondii Steudel
Uralepis Uralepis Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 62. 1818, as 'Uralepsis'. TYPE: Uralepis purpurea (Walter) Nuttall (Aira purpurea Walter) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-1923) 772. 76. 1920.