Skip to content
Guatemalan gamagrass
JIRCAS Library, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Grasses & bamboos

Guatemalan gamagrass

Tripsacum laxum Nash

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishGuatemalan gamagrass
Dutch—
SpanishCaña brava
Chinese危地马拉草
Scientific nameTripsacum laxum Nash

About this species

Tripsacum laxum, the Guatemalan gamagrass, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is a larger perennial bunchgrass of the Caribbean, Central America, such as in Nicaragua and Guatemala, and North America in southern Mexico.

Read more on Wikipedia · Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusTripsacum

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1974First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Sources & credits

Spotted a mistake or know another local name? Tell us.

Related species in Suriname