Sorghastrum

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

Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans
Scientific 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

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. "Genus: Sorghastrum Nash". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
  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. "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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