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Sorghastrum nutans

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Internal ID UUID644032ad590f9188553462
Scientific name Sorghastrum nutans
Authority Nash in Small
First published in Fl. S.E. U.S. : 66 (1903)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Andropogon albescens E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 56. 1886
Andropogon arenaceus Raf. W. Rev. & Misc. Mag. 1: 95. 1819 (1819)
Andropogon avenaceum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 58 (1803)
Andropogon avenaceus Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 58 (1803)
Andropogon ciliatus Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1: 144 (1816)
Andropogon confertus Trin. ex E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 2: 55. 1886
Andropogon linnaeanus Scribn. & C.R.Ball Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 40 (1901)
Andropogon nutans L. Mant. Pl. 2: 303. 1771 (1771)
Andropogon nutans subsp. linnaeanus (Hack.) Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 530 1889
Andropogon nutans var. avenaceus Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 530 (1889)
Andropogon nutans var. linnaeanus Hack. Monogr. Phan. 6: 531 (1889)
Andropogon rufidulus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 392 (1854)
Chalcoelytrum nutans Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 212 (1915)
Chrysopogon avenaceus (Michx.) Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 78 (1881)
Chrysopogon minor Vasey Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 460 (1887)
Chrysopogon nutans (L.) Benth. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 73 (1881)
Chrysopogon nutans var. avenaceus (Michx.) Trel. Rep. (Annual) Arkansas Geol. Surv. 4: 234. 1891
Chrysopogon nutans var. linnaeanus (Hack.) C.Mohr Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 21 (1897)
Digitaria nutans (L.) Beetle Phytologia 52: 13 (1982)
Holcus nutans (L.) Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 48. 1904 (1904)
Holcus nutans var. avenaceus (Michx.) Hack. ex Stuck. Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires 11: 48 (1904)
Poranthera ciliata Raf. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 2: 606. 1894 (1894)
Poranthera nutans (L.) Raf. in Ser. Bull. Bot. i. (1830) 221.
Rhaphis nutans (L.) Roberty Fl. Ouest-Afr. : 403 (1954)
Sorghastrum albescens (E.Fourn.) Beetle Phytologia 52(1): 17. 1982
Sorghastrum avenaceum (Michx.) Nash in Britton Man. Fl. N. States : 71 (1901)
Sorghastrum flexuosum Swallen Phytologia 14: 97. 1966
Sorghastrum linnaeanum Nash in Small Fl. S.E. U.S. : 66 (1903)
Sorghum avenaceum (Michx.) Chapm. Fl. South. U.S. 583. 1860
Sorghum nutans A.Gray Manual , ed. 2: 584 (1856)
Sorghum nutans subsp. avenaceum (Michx.) Hack. Fl. Bras. 2(3): 274 (1883)
Sorghum nutans subsp. linnaeanum Hack. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 276. 1883 [1 Jul 1883] Typical subspecies
Sorghum nutans var. elongatum Hack. Fl. Bras. 2(4): 275 (1883)
Stipa stricta Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 158 (1791)
Stipa villosa Walter Fl. Carol. : 78 (1788)
Trichachne nutans (L.) B.R.Baum Canad. J. Bot. 45: 1851 (1967)
Sorghum nutans subvar. avenaceum (Michx.) Roberty Boissiera 9: 309 (1960)
Sorghum nutans var. genuinum Hack. Fl. Bras. 2(4): 274 (1883)
Andropogon nutans L. Sp. Pl. : 1045 (1753)

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Language Common/alternative name
English indiangrass
Catalan yellow indiangrass
Danish gul indianergræs
Finnish kultaintiaaniheinä
French herbe des indiens
Japanese インディアングラス
Malayalam ഇന്ത്യൻ ഗ്രാസ്സ്
nv tłʼoh łichíí
nv tłʼoh łichííʼ
Chinese 黄假高粱
Chinese 印第安草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • Mexico
      • Mexican Pacific Islands
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Iowa
      • Kansas
      • Minnesota
      • Missouri
      • Nebraska
      • North Dakota
      • Oklahoma
      • South Dakota
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Maine
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Hampshire
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • Vermont
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Montana
      • Wyoming
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Kentucky
      • Louisiana
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000900100
Florida Plant Atlas 3682
Flora of Alabama 5038
Canadensys 7955
USDA Plants SONU2
Tropicos 25509975
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:240823-2
The Plant List kew-443203
Missouri Botanical Garden 285219
Open Tree Of Life 338456
NCBI Taxonomy 79857
Nature Serve 2.146412
IPNI 240823-2
iNaturalist 122608
GBIF 2704414
Freebase /m/0b74lk
WisFlora 5111
FEIS plants/graminoid/sornut
EPPO SOSNU
EOL 1115162
USDA GRIN 35084
Wikipedia Sorghastrum_nutans

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The effect of diversity on disease reverses from dilution to amplification in a 22-year biodiversity × N × CO2 experiment Strauss AT, Hobbie SE, Reich PB, Seabloom EW, Borer ET Sci Rep 13-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11091214
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-60725-z
PMID:38740878
Impacts of Invasive Plants on Native Vegetation Communities in Wetland and Stream Mitigation DeBerry DA, Hunter DM Biology (Basel) 18-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11048567
doi:10.3390/biology13040275
PMID:38666887
Soil pore characteristics and the fate of new switchgrass-derived carbon in switchgrass and prairie bioenergy cropping systems Kim K, Juyal A, Kravchenko A Sci Rep 03-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10991283
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-58444-6
PMID:38570696
Grass species with potential for rangelands restoration in northern Mexico: an assessment with environmental niche modeling Álvarez-Holguín A, Morales-Nieto CR, Corrales-Lerma R, Ochoa-Rivero JM, Ponce-García OC, Prieto-Amparán JA, Vega-Mares JH, Villarreal-Guerrero F Sci Rep 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10943106
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-56918-1
PMID:38491325
Molecular Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of Centipedegrass [Eremochloa ophiuroides (Munro) Hack.] Based on the Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence Wang H, Zhang Y, Zhang L, Wang J, Guo H, Zong J, Chen J, Li D, Li L, Liu J, Li J Curr Issues Mol Biol 19-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10888139
doi:10.3390/cimb46020106
PMID:38392224
Assessment of irrigation water quality for vegetable farming in peri-urban Kumasi Ashie WB, Awewomom J, Ettey EN, Opoku F, Akoto O Heliyon 01-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10865262
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24913
PMID:38356531
Evolutionary history of the cytochrome P450s from Colletotrichum species and prediction of their putative functional roles during host-pathogen interactions Ortiz-Álvarez J, Becerra S, Baroncelli R, Hernández-Rodríguez C, Sukno SA, Thon MR BMC Genomics 12-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10785452
doi:10.1186/s12864-023-09858-5
PMID:38216891
Trade-offs between deer herbivory and nitrogen competition alter grassland forb composition Furey GN, Tilman D Oecologia 13-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10830730
doi:10.1007/s00442-023-05485-9
PMID:38091102
Establishment from seed is more important for exotic than for native plant species Wilsey B, Kaul A, Polley HW Plant Environ Interact 07-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10840371
doi:10.1002/pei3.10132
PMID:38323131
A 6-yr evaluation of prescribed-fire timing on yearling cattle growth performance and plant community dynamics on native tallgrass prairie in the Kansas Flint Hills Duncan ZM, Tajchman AJ, Lemmon J, Hollenbeck WR, Blasi DA, Fick WH, Olson KC Transl Anim Sci 18-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10699836
doi:10.1093/tas/txad129
PMID:38075937
Temperate silvopastures provide greater ecosystem services than conventional pasture systems Amorim HC, Ashworth AJ, O’Brien PL, Thomas AL, Runkle BR, Philipp D Sci Rep 31-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10618464
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-45960-0
PMID:37907572
Are Plant–Soil Feedbacks Caused by Many Weak Microbial Interactions? Aaronson JK, Kulmatiski A, Forero LE, Grenzer J, Norton JM Biology (Basel) 27-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10669423
doi:10.3390/biology12111374
PMID:37997973
Resilience of warm-season (C4) perennial grasses under challenging environmental and management conditions Vendramini JM, Silveira ML, Moriel P Anim Front 13-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10575312
doi:10.1093/af/vfad038
PMID:37841762
Contrasting effects of bioenergy crops on biodiversity Haan NL, Benucci GN, Fiser CM, Bonito G, Landis DA Sci Adv 22-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10516493
doi:10.1126/sciadv.adh7960
PMID:37738354
Seasonal Emission Factors from Rangeland Prescribed Burns in the Kansas Flint Hills Grasslands Aurell J, Gullett B, Grier G, Holder A, George I Atmos Environ (1994) 01-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10302544
doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2023.119769
PMID:37388538

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