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Triplasis

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Triplasis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Sandgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. The genus name Triplasis is Greek, meaning "threefold", referring to the triple nerved lemmas.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderPoales
  5. FamilyPoaceae
Native toAlabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
73
With media
71
Family
Poaceae
Collections
NY, MMNS, BRIT, MNHN, VT, BALT
Recorded in
Argentina, United States, Uruguay

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poaceae
Image
Triplasis purpurea HC-1900.png
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taxon name
Triplasis
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Triplasis
taxon common name
sandgrass
Commons category
Triplasis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Triplasis is a genus of North American plants in the grass family. Sandgrass is a common name for plants in this genus. The genus name Triplasis is Greek, meaning "threefold", referring to the triple nerved lemmas.

==Description==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Triplasis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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