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Details for: NA 77940,
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash, NA 77940
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Top Name:
NA 77940
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Top Name:
NA 77940
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
15 Nov 2007
Improvement Status:
Cultivated material
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Perennial
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
NA 77940
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum
Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Sorghastrum nutans.
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash
Genus:
Sorghastrum
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Apludinae
Nomen number:
35084
Place of publication:
J. K. Small, Fl. s.e. U.S. 66, 1326. 1903
Verified:
06/12/1992
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon nutans
L.
Autonym(s)
Sorghastrum nutans
(L.) Nash subsp.
nutans
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon nutans
L. var.
nutans
Sorghum nutans
(L.) A. Gray
Sorghum nutans
(L.) A. Gray subsp.
nutans
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon avenaceus
Michx.
Andropogon nutans
L. var.
avenaceus
(Michx.) Hack.
Chrysopogon avenaceus
(Michx.) Benth.
Sorghastrum avenaceum
(Michx.) Nash
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
Indian grass
1
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León.
1999.
World economic plants: a standard reference
CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English
wood grass
1
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
English
yellow Indian grass
1
1998.
Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch.
French
faux-sorgho penché
2
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-.
Flora of North America.
Swedish
indiangräs
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
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