''Sorghastrum'' is a

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.Nash, George Valentine. 1901. Manual of the Flora of the northern States and Canada page 71
/ref> 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 ''Sorghastrum nutans'', commonly known as either Indiangrass or yellow Indiangrass, is a North American prairie grass found in the central and eastern United States and Canada, especially in the Great Plains and tallgrass prairies. Descriptio ...

'' (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 -

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* '' 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

References

External links

Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
Panicoideae Poaceae genera {{Panicoideae-stub