Sorghastrum

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Sorghastrum nutans
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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]
  • ChalcoelytrumLunell
  • DipogonSteud. 1840, rejected name not Liebm. 1854
  • PorantheraRaf. 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]

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References

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