Sorghastrum

Sorghastrum nutans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Apludinae
Genus: Sorghastrum
Species: S. balansae – S. brunneum – S. canescens – S. chasae – S. contractum – S. crassum – S. elliottii – S. fuscescens – S. incompletum – S. minarum – S. nudipes – S. nutans – S. pellitum – S. pogonostachyum – S. pohlianum – S. scaberrimum – S. secundum – S. setosum – S. stipoides – S. tisserantii – S. viride

Name

Sorghastrum Nash in N.L.Britton, Man. Fl. N. States: 71 (1901)

• Type species: Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash in J.K.Small, Fl. S.E. U.S.: 66 (1903)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Chalcoelytrum Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 212 (1915), nom. superfl.
• Heterotypic
  • Poranthera Raf., Bull. Bot. (Geneva) 1: 221 (1830), nom. illeg.
  • Dipogon Willd. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 518 (1840), pro syn.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America, Tropical & S. Africa Alabama, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Arizona, Arkansas, Bahamas, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Florida, French Guiana, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Louisiana, Maine, Malawi, Mali, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mauritania, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Mozambique, Namibia, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Panamá, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Carolina, South Dakota, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tennessee, Texas, Togo, Trinidad-Tobago, Uganda, Uruguay, Utah, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Ecuador, Madagascar, Peru, Suriname References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nash, G.V. in N.L.Britton, (1901) Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada 71.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Sorghastrum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Sorghastrum. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Sorghastrum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013. Reference page.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Sorghastrum. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013. Reference page.

Vernacular names

• dansk: Indianergræs
• English: Indiangrass
• suomi: Intiaaniheinät
• മലയാളം: സോർഘസ്ട്രം
• 中文: 金粱草属

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