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Taxon:  Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash



Summary
Genus:
Tridens
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Chloridoideae
Tribe:
Cynodonteae
Subtribe:
Pappophorinae
Nomen number:
40153
Place of publication:
J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 143. 1903
Verified:
01/21/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash var. elongatus (Buckley) Shinners (0 active accession[s])
Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash var. muticus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Reference(s)
  1. Beetle, A. A. 1977. Noteworthy grasses from Mexico V. Phytologia 37:403.
  2. Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
  3. Diggs, G. M., Jr. et al. Shinner's and Mahler's illustrated flora of North Central Texas. 1999
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
  5. Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico. 1981
  6. Gould, F. W. The grasses of Texas. 1975
  7. Hickman, J. C., ed. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California. 1993
  8. Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950
  9. Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. A flora of New Mexico. 1980
  10. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  11. Mejía-Saulés, M. T. & P. Dávila A. Gramíneas Útiles de México. Cuad. Inst. Biol. 16. 1992
  12. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. 1964
  13. Tateoka, T. 1961. A biosystematic study of Tridens (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 48:572.
  14. Yatskievych, G. Steyermark's Flora of Missouri, revised edition. 1999-
Common names
English
slim tridens –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja Norte 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuila 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoDurango 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoZacatecas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesColorado 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesNevada 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesUtah 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma]
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Baja Norte]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arkansas, Louisiana]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=40153. Accessed 20 July 2025.


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