Sorghastrum

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