Tripogandra is a genus of flowering plants in the spiderwort family, Commelinaceae. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from central Mexico and the West Indies south to Argentina.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesForzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de JaneiroDavidse, G., M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater. 1994. Alismataceae a Cyperaceae. 6: i–xvi, 1–543. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
Species Tripogandra amplexans Handlos - central + southern Mexico Tripogandra amplexicaulis (Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke) Woodson - central + southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica Tripogandra angustifolia (B.L.Rob.) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala Tripogandra brasiliensis Handlos - eastern Brazil Tripogandra disgrega (Kunth) Woodson - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador Tripogandra diuretica (Mart.) Handlos - Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay Tripogandra elata D.R.Hunt - Goiás, Brasília Tripogandra encolea (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru Tripogandra glandulosa (Seub.) Rohweder - Trinidad, Venezuela, French Guiana, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay. Uruguay Tripogandra guerrerensis Matuda - Guerrero Tripogandra ionantha (Diels) J.F.Macbr. - Peru Tripogandra kruseana Matuda - Guerrero Tripogandra montana Handlos - southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador Tripogandra multiflora (Sw.) Raf. - from southern Mexico south to Argentina, plus Jamaica + Trinidad; naturalized in Azores Tripogandra neglecta Handlos - Minas Gerais Tripogandra palmeri (Rose) Woodson - western Mexico from Sinaloa south to Guerrero Tripogandra purpurascens (S.Schauer) Handlos - from northern Mexico south to Argentina Tripogandra saxicola (Greenm.) Woodson - Morelos, Puebla, Guerrero Tripogandra serrulata (Vahl) Handlos - central + southern Mexico, Central America, West Indies, northern South America Tripogandra silvatica Handlos - Veracruz Tripogandra warmingiana (Seub.) Handlos - Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro
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