Sorghastrum

Sorghastrum is a genus of grasses, native to Africa and the Americas.

Members of the genus are commonly known as Indiangrass.


 * Selected
 * Sorghastrum balansae (Hack.) Dávila - Paraguay
 * Sorghastrum brunneum Swallen - Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
 * Sorghastrum chaseae Swallen - Mato Grosso, Paraíba
 * Sorghastrum contractum (Hack.) M.Kuhlm. & Kuhn - Brazil
 * Sorghastrum crassum Renvoize - Bolivia
 * Sorghastrum elliottii (C.Mohr) Nash – Slender Indiangrass - southeastern + south-central USA (Texas to Virginia)
 * Sorghastrum fuscescens (Pilg.) Clayton - Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi
 * Sorghastrum incompletum (J.Presl) Nash - Latin America from Mexico to Bolivia; Africa from Senegal to Zimbabwe
 * Sorghastrum minarum (Nees) Hitchc. - Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
 * Sorghastrum nudipes Nash - Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora, Limpopo, Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi, Angola
 * Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash – Yellow Indiangrass - Canada, USA, Mexico, Honduras
 * Sorghastrum pellitum (Hack.) Parodi - Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay
 * Sorghastrum pogonostachyum (Stapf) Clayton - Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi
 * Sorghastrum pohlianum Dávila, L.I.Cabrera & R.Lira - Socorro Island in Colima
 * Sorghastrum scaberrimum (Nees) Herter - Brazil
 * Sorghastrum secundum (Elliott) Nash – Lopsided Indiangrass - southeastern USA; Bahamas
 * Sorghastrum setosum (Griseb.) Hitchc. – Sandysoil Indiangrass - Latin America + West Indies from Veracruz to Uruguay
 * Sorghastrum stipoides (Kunth) Nash – Needle Indiangrass - tropical + southern Africa; naturalized in Latin America
 * Sorghastrum tisserantii Clayton - Central African Rep
 * Sorghastrum viride Swallen - Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay