What is "tridens"

Tridens is a genus of fungi in the Rhytismatales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown ( incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.

Tridens is a genus of perennial grasses in the Poaceae family native to the Americas.

1. Tridens albescens (Vasey) Wooton & Standl. - southwest + south-central USA ( AZ NM TX LA AR OK KS), Mexico ( Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, Nuevo León)
2. Tridens ambiguus (Elliott) Schult. – pine barren fluffgrass - southeastern USA ( TX LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
3. Tridens brasiliensis (Nees ex Steud.) Parodi - Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina
4. Tridens buckleyanus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Nash - Texas
5. Tridens carolinianus (Steud.) Henrard - southeastern USA ( LA MS AL GA FL SC NC)
6. Tridens congestus (L.H.Dewey) Nash – pink fluffgrass USA ( AZ TX)
7. Tridens eragrostoides (Vasey & Scribn.) Nash – lovegrass tridens - southern USA ( TX AZ NM AL FL), Mexico, Cuba, Venezuela
8. Tridens flaccidus (Döll) Parodi - Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia
9. Tridens flavus (L.) Hitchc. – purpletop - Ontario, eastern + central USA, Nuevo León
10. Tridens hackelii (Arechav.) Parodi - Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina
11. Tridens muticus (Torr.) Nash – slim tridens - southwestern + south-central USA ( CA NV AZ UT CO NM TX OK KS MO AR LA), Mexico ( Baja California, Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Zacatecas, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas)
12. Tridens nicorae Anton - northern Argentina
13. Tridens × oklahomensis (Feath.) Feath. - Oklahoma (hybrid T. flavus × T. strictus)
14. Tridens riograndensis Acedo & Llamas - Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil
15. Tridens strictus (Nutt.) Nash – longspike tridens - southeastern + south-central USA (from TX to FL to IL + PA)
16. Tridens texanus (S. Watson) Nash - USA ( TX NM), Mexico ( Chihuahua, Durango, Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí)

Tridens is the scientific name for several genera of organisms and may refer to:

• Tridens (fish), a genus of catfish in the Trichomycteridae family, containing the single species Tridens melanops
• Tridens (fungus) , a genus of fungi in order Rhytismatales
• Tridens (plant) , a genus of grasses in the Poaceae family