Tristachya

Tristachya (common name trident grasses) is a genus of African and Latin American plants in tribe Tristachyideae within the grass family.^[2][4][5]

Species^[3][6]

• Tristachya angustifolia Hitchc. - Nayarit in western Mexico
• Tristachya auronitens J.Duvign. - Zaïre
• Tristachya avenacea (J.Presl) Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico, Central America
• Tristachya bequaertii De Wild. - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
• Tristachya betsileensis A.Camus - Madagascar
• Tristachya bicrinita (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia
• Tristachya biseriata Stapf - Lesotho, Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga
• Tristachya contrerasii R.Guzmán - Jalisco in western Mexico
• Tristachya hubbardiana Conert - Zaïre, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia
• Tristachya huillensis Rendle - Zaïre, Angola, Malawi, Zambia
• Tristachya humbertii A.Camus - Madagascar
• Tristachya laxa Scribn. & Merr. - Mexico (Durango, Nayarit, Sinaloa)
• Tristachya leiostachya Nees - Paraguay, Brazil
• Tristachya leucothrix Trin. ex Nees - central + southern Africa
• Tristachya lualabaensis (De Wild.) J.B.Phipps - central + southern Africa
• Tristachya nodiglumis K.Schum. - central + southern Africa
• Tristachya papilosa R.Guzmán - Nayarit in western Mexico
• Tristachya pedicellata Stent - Limpopo Province in South Africa
• Tristachya rehmannii Hack. - central + southern Africa
• Tristachya superba (De Not.) Schweinf. & Asch. - sub-Saharan Africa
• Tristachya thollonii Franch. - from Chad to Angola
• Tristachya viridearistata (J.B.Phipps) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia, Burundi

formerly included^[3]

Trident grasses
Tristachya leucothrix
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Tristachyideae
Genus:	Tristachya Nees
Type species
Tristachya leiostachya Nees[1][2]
Synonyms[3]
Apochaete (C.E.Hubb.) J.B.Phipps Dolichochaete (C.E.Hubb.) J.B.Phipps Isalus J.B.Phipps Loudetia Hochst. ex A.Braun, rejected name Monopogon J.Presl Muantijamvella J.B.Phipps Veseyochloa J.B.Phipps

see Danthoniopsis Dilophotriche Loudetia Loudetiopsis Trichopteryx Zonotriche

• Tristachya anthoxanthoides - Loudetia vanderystii
• Tristachya arundinacea - Loudetia arundinacea
• Tristachya aurea - Zonotriche inamoena
• Tristachya barbata - Danthoniopsis barbata
• Tristachya bricchettiana - Danthoniopsis barbata
• Tristachya chevalieri - Loudetiopsis chevalieri
• Tristachya chrysothrix - Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
• Tristachya coarctata - Loudetiopsis coarctata
• Tristachya decora - Zonotriche decora
• Tristachya dregeana - Trichopteryx dregeana
• Tristachya elegans - Loudetia simplex
• Tristachya esculenta - Loudetia esculenta
• Tristachya fulva - Loudetiopsis chrysothrix
• Tristachya glabrinodis - Loudetiopsis kerstingii
• Tristachya inamoena - Zonotriche inamoena
• Tristachya kagerensis - Loudetia kagerensis
• Tristachya kerstingii - Loudetiopsis kerstingii
• Tristachya microstachya - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
• Tristachya minuta - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
• Tristachya multinodis - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
• Tristachya parviflora - Loudetiopsis ambiens
• Tristachya pilgeriana - Zonotriche decora
• Tristachya purpurea - Dilophotriche purpurea
• Tristachya ringoetii - Zonotriche inamoena
• Tristachya scaettae - Loudetiopsis scaettae
• Tristachya simplex - Loudetia simplex
• Tristachya somalensis - Danthoniopsis barbata
• Tristachya stocksii - Danthoniopsis stocksii
• Tristachya tristachyoides - Dilophotriche tristachyoides
• Tristachya triticoides - Loudetia coarctata
• Tristachya tuberculata - Dilophotriche tristachyoides