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Sorghastrum

Indiangrass
Sorghastrum nutans EPA-2.jpg
Sorghastrum nutans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Sorghastrum
Nash
Type species
Sorghastrum avenaceum
(Michx.) Nash.
Synonyms
  • 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.

Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.



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