Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• Basionym: Triodia albescens Vasey

Common names:

• white tridens  (Source: Grass Tex) - English
• whitetop  (Source: F NC Tex) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas (s.w.), Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado (s.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Louisiana (n.e.)]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona (s.e.)]
• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas]

References:

1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:403.
2. Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. 1999. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas.
3. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4. Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
5. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
6. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico.
7. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
8. Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. 1992. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16
9. Tateoka, T. 1961. A biosystematic study of Tridens (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 48:572.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=40147. Accessed 3 July 2024.