Sorghastrum
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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Sorghastrum

indiangrass

Hierarchical position of the Genus Sorghastrum

   Regnum  Plantae
common name: The plant kingdom
  
   Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist
syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta
pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: angiosperms, flowering plants
  
   Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal
pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996.
common name: Angiosperms
  
   Classis  Liliopsida Brongn.
pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843.
common name: Monocots
  
   Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967.
common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes
  
   SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht.
pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.
  
   Ordo  Poales Small
pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.
  
   Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh.
pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons.
common name: Gramineae
  
   Familia  Gramineae Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 28. 4 Aug 1789, nom. cons.
  
   Genus  Sorghastrum Nash
common name: Indiangrass
  

Named members of the Genus Sorghastrum

1
   Species  apalachicolense D.W. Hall
syn. Sorghastrum elliottii
2
   Species  avenaceum (Michx.) Nash
syn. Sorghastrum nutans
3
   Species  elliottii (C. Mohr) Nash
common name: slender Indiangrass
4
   Species  nutans (L.) Nash
common name: Indiangrass
  
5
   Species  parviflorum auct. non (Desv.) A.S. Hitchc. & Chase
syn. Sorghastrum setosum
6
   Species  secundum (Ell.) Nash
common name: lopsided Indiangrass
7
   Species  setosum (Griseb.) A.S. Hitchc.
common name: sandysoil Indiangrass
8
   Species  stipoides (Kunth) Nash
common name: needle Indiangrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

Additional information is available in the commercial version of The Compleat Botanica software for species with this symbol.

 

For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.

 

Last reviewed November 01, 2004   

 

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