Draft:Tripsacum australe

Tripsacum australe

Some common names for this species according to Universidad Nacional de Columbia are as said in the native language of the area the plant is from starting with 'arroz silvestre, cañarote, and gramalote'.

Morphology

Distribution

T. australe is native to 'Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela.'

Genetics

The two known varieties of T. australe are diploid (2n = 36). Both varieties can cross and produce fertile hybrids with each other. These two varieties have also been bred with Tripsacum dactyloides var. meridonale (2n = 36) these hybrids are partially sterile.

- Tripsacum australe var. hirsutum

- Tripsacum australe var. australe