Tripsacum australe Cutler & E.S.Anderson belongs to the Poaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Tripsacum australe, W. D. Stevens 31113--Paraguay. Edo. Amambay. Cerro Cora. Picada Lorito. 16 Mar 2011. 107 (15).jpg
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Tripsacum
Specific Epithet
australe
Authorship
Cutler & E.S.Anderson
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.2
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#272,341 of 335,497
Top 82%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
Paraguay, Amambay
-22.689167, -56.001667
Location Remarks
Parque Nacional Cerro Corá, between Lorito Picada and Arroyo Aceite-í; dense low forest. 270 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Lax among taller plants, 2 m tall, spikes green.
