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''Tripsacum floridanum'' is a species of grass known by the common name Florida gama grass. It is native to Cuba and to Florida in the United States.〔(''Tripsacum floridanum''. ) Center for Plant Conservation.〕〔(''Tripsacum floridanum''. ) Germplasm Resources Information Network.〕〔(''Tripsacum floridanum''. ) Grass Manual Treatment.〕 This grass grows from a short, thick rhizome and produces stems up to a meter tall. It may produce one stem or a small clump of stems. The leaves are up to 60 centimeters long and 1 to 15 millimeters wide. The inflorescence contains both male and female spikelets.〔 This grass grows in pine woods, often in moist areas.〔 It often grows near ''Pinus elliottii'' var. ''densa''.〔(''Tripsacum floridanum''. ) Nature Serve.〕 Though uncommon in general, the grass is "moderately common in Everglades National Park."〔 This species is grown as an ornamental plant.〔 Genus ''Tripsacum'' is related to maize (''Zea mays'').〔Tantravahi, R. V. (1971). (Multiple character analysis and chromosome studies in the ''Tripsacum lanceolatum'' complex. ) ''Evolution'' 25(1) 38-50.〕 Species of ''Tripsacum'', especially ''T. floridanum'', have been crossed with maize to produce a corn that is resistant to ''Helminthosporium turcicum'', the fungus that causes northern leaf blight in the crop.〔〔Hooker, A L. (1981). Resistance to ''Helminthosporium turcicum'' from ''Tripsacum floridanum'' incorporated into corn. ''Maize Genet Coop Newsl'' 55: 87–88.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tripsacum floridanum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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