Sorghastrum

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
Type species
	Sorghastrum avenaceum; (Michx.) Nash.
Synonyms
	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

^ ^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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[GRIN-1] "Genus: Sorghastrum Nash". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 1999-03-09. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[f-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

[ITIS-5] "Sorghastrum". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

[GRINSpecies-6] "GRIN Species Records of Sorghastrum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2010-11-06.

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