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