Sorghastrum nutans

Taxonavigation

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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

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

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Distribution

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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

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Primary references

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Additional references

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  • 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
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Vernacular names

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