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.SpeciesTripogandra 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