Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Andropogonodae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Subtribe: Saccharinae
Genus: Sorghastrum
Nash[1]
Type species
Sorghastrum avenaceum
(Michx.) Nash.
Synonyms[2][1][3]
  • Chalcoelytrum Lunell
  • Dipogon Steud. 1840, rejected name not Liebm. 1854
  • Poranthera Raf. 1830, illegitimate homonym not Rudge 1811 (Phyllanthaceae)
  • Sorghum sect. Sorghastrum (Nash) Stapf
  • Sorghum subg. Sorghastrum (Nash) E.D. Garber

Sorghastrum is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.[4]

Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.[5]

Selected[2][6][5]
  • Sorghastrum balansae (Hack.) Dávila - Paraguay
  • Sorghastrum brunneum Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Sorghastrum chaseae Swallen - Mato Grosso, Paraíba
  • Sorghastrum contractum (Hack.) M.Kuhlm. & Kuhn - Brazil
  • Sorghastrum crassum Renvoize - Bolivia
  • Sorghastrum elliottii (C.Mohr) Nash – Slender Indiangrass - southeastern + south-central USA (Texas to Virginia)
  • Sorghastrum fuscescens (Pilg.) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
  • Sorghastrum incompletum (J.Presl) Nash - Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia; Africa from Senegal to Zimbabwe
  • Sorghastrum minarum (Nees) Hitchc. - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
  • Sorghastrum nudipes Nash - Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Limpopo, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola
  • Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash – Yellow Indiangrass - Canada, USA, Mexico, Honduras
  • Sorghastrum pellitum (Hack.) Parodi - Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
  • Sorghastrum pogonostachyum (Stapf) Clayton - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
  • Sorghastrum pohlianum Dávila, L.I.Cabrera & R.Lira - Socorro Island in Colima
  • Sorghastrum scaberrimum (Nees) Herter - Brazil
  • Sorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash – Lopsided Indiangrass - southeastern USA; Bahamas
  • Sorghastrum setosum (Griseb.) Hitchc. – Sandysoil Indiangrass - Latin America + West Indies from Veracruz to Uruguay
  • Sorghastrum stipoides (Kunth) Nash – Needle Indiangrass - tropical + southern Africa; naturalized in Latin America
  • Sorghastrum tisserantii Clayton - Central African Rep
  • Sorghastrum viride Swallen - Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay

References

  1. 1 2 "Genus: Sorghastrum Nash". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  2. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Sorghastrum Nash
  4. ↑ Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 71
  5. 1 2 "Sorghastrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  6. ↑ "GRIN Species Records of Sorghastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-06.


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