Sorghastrum
Genus of grasses
Indiangrass | |
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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] | |
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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
- ^ a b "Genus: Sorghastrum Nash". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Tropicos, Sorghastrum Nash
- ^ Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 71
- ^ a b "Sorghastrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
- ^ "GRIN Species Records of Sorghastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-06.
External links
Media related to Sorghastrum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Sorghastrum at Wikispecies
- Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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