Overview
Distribution
Sorghastrum stipoides (Kunth) Nash:
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Peru (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Suriname (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Uruguay (South America)
Ecuador (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Ethiopia (Africa & Madagascar)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
Argentina (South America)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Peru (South America)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
French Guiana (South America)
Suriname (South America)
Guyana (South America)
Uruguay (South America)
Ecuador (South America)
Paraguay (South America)
Venezuela (South America)
Ethiopia (Africa & Madagascar)
South Africa (Africa & Madagascar)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
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Adolfo M., H. 1966. Nóm. Pl. Recol. Valle Cochabamba 2: 17–86. Colegio La Salle, Cochabamba.
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Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
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Hitchcock, A. S. 1927. The grasses of Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 24(8): 291–556.
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McVaugh, R. 1983. Gramineae. 14: 1–436. In R. McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana. The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
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Hitchcock, A. S. 1936. Man. Grasses W. Ind. 1–439. United States Government Printing Office, Washington.
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Longhi-Wagner, H. M. & I. I. Boldrini. 1988. Gramíneas da Estação Ecologica de Aracuri, Esmeralda, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Bot. 38: 21–42.
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McKenzie, P. M., R. E. Noble, L. E. Urbatsch & G. R. Proctor. 1989. Additions and corrections to the Poaceae of Puerto Rico. Sida 13(3): 293–301.
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Gibbs Russell, G. E., W. G. Welman, E. Reitief, K. L. Immelman, G. Germishuizen, B. J. Pienaar, M. v. Wyk & A. Nicholas. 1987. List of species of southern African plants. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa 2(1–2): 1–152(pt. 1), 1–270(pt. 2).
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Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez. (eds.) 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75: i–viii, 1–1181.
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Saravia, E. F. 1996. Estud. Veg. Prov. Campero Mizque Cochabamba i–v, 1–92. Tesis, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014736
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López, A. 1995. Estud. Veg. Prov. Mizque Campero Cochabamba i–vi, 1–152. Tesis Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Cochabamba.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1014735
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Zuloaga, F. O., E. G. Nicora, Z. E. R. Agrasar, O. Morrone, J. Pensiero & A. M. Cialdella. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47: i–xi, 1–178.
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Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gram. Bolivia i–xxx, 1–644. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1007278
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Phillips, S. 1995. Poaceae (Gramineae). Fl. Ethiopia 7: i–xx, 1–420.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1010988
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Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. d. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. Fl. Fanerogam. Estado Sao Paulo 1: i–xxv, 1–292.
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Rosengurtt, B., B. R. A. Maffei & P. I. Artucio. 1970. Gram. Urug. [i–vii], 1–489. Universidad de la República, Montevideo.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/19689
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Catasus Guerra, L. 1997. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) de Cuba, I. Fontqueria 46: [i–ii], 1–259.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1012771
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Flores, A. I. P. & J. F. M. Valls. 1992. O genero Sorhastrum Nash (Gramineae: Andropogoneae) no Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Iheringia, Bot. 42: 25–54.
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Filgueiras, T. S. 2003. Sorghastrum. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 594–598.
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Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. (eds.) 1993. Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: i–xl, 1–1286.
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Hackel, E. 1883. Gramineae IV. Andropogoneae, Tristegineae. 2(3C): 245–326, t. 59–74. In C. F. P. von Martius Fl. Bras. F. Fleischer, Monachii et Lipsiae.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/25889
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Hackel, E. 1883. Gramineae IV. Andropogoneae, Tristegineae. 2(3C): 245–326, t. 59–74. In C. F. P. von Martius Fl. Bras. F. Fleischer, Monachii et Lipsiae.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/25889
© Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Rosengurtt, B., B. R. A. Maffei & P. I. Artucio. 1970. Gram. Urug. [i–vii], 1–489. Universidad de la República, Montevideo.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/19689
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
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Soreng, R. J., G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, E. J. Judziewicz, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone. 2003 and onwards. On-line taxonomic novelties and updates, distributional additions and corrections, and editorial changes since the four published volumes of the Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) published in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. vols. 39, 41, 46, and 48. http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG:. In R. J. Soreng, G. Davidse, P. M. Peterson, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras, E. J. Judziewicz & O. Morrone Internet Cat. New World Grasses. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1024044
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Filgueiras, T. S. 2003. Andropogon. In Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46: 20–64.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1004270
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Foster, R. C. 1958. A catalogue of the ferns and flowering plants of Bolivia. Contr. Gray Herb. 184: 1–223.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1313
© Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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SPECIMEN BASED RECORD. Published protolog data.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/9990002
© Missouri Botanical Garden, 4344 Shaw Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63110 USA
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Missouri Botanical Garden
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Physical Description
Morphology
Physical Description
Perennials, Terrestrial, not aquatic, Rhizomes present, Rhizome short and compact, stems close, Stems nodes swollen or brittle, Stems erect or ascending, Stems caespitose, tufted, or clustered, Stems terete, round in cross section, or polygonal, Stem nodes bearded or hairy, Stem internodes hollow, Stems with inflorescence less than 1 m tall, Stems with inflorescence 1-2 m tall, Stems, culms, or scapes exceeding basal leaves, Leaves mostly caul ine, Leaves conspicuously 2-ranked, distichous, Leaves sheathing at base, Leaf sheath mostly open, or loose, Leaf sheath smooth, glabrous, Leaf sheath and blade differentiated, Leaf blades linear, Leaf blades 2-10 mm wide, Leaf blade margins folded, involute, or conduplicate, Leaf blades mostly glabrous, Ligule present, Ligule an unfringed eciliate membrane, Inflorescence terminal, Inflorescence an open panicle, openly paniculate, branches spreading, Inflorescence solitary, with 1 spike, fascicle, glomerule, head, or cluster per stem or culm, Inflorescence a panicle with narrowly racemose or spicate branches, Inflorescence branches more than 10 to numerous, Flowers bisexual, Spikelets pedicellate, Spikelets sessile or subsessile, Spikelets dorsally compressed or terete, Spikelet less than 3 mm wide, Spikelets with 1 fertile floret, Spikelets with 2 florets, Spikelets paired at rachis nodes, Spikelets 3 per node, Spikelets all alike and fertille, Spikelets in paired units, 1 sessile, 1 pedicellate, Pedicellate spikelet rudimentary or absent, usually sterile, Spikelets bisexual, Spikelets disarticulating below the glumes, Spikelets falling with parts of disarticulating rachis or pedicel, Glumes present, empty bracts, Glumes 2 clearly present, Glumes equal or subequal, Glumes equal to or longer than adjacent lemma, Glume equal to or longer than spikelet, Glume surface hairy, villous or pilose, Glumes 8-15 nerved, Lemmas thin, chartaceous, hyaline, cartilaginous, or membranous, Lemma 3 nerved, Lemma glabrous, Lemma apex dentate, 2-fid, Lemma distinctly awned, more than 2-3 mm, Lemma with 1 awn, Lemma awn less than 1 cm long, Lemma awn 1-2 cm long, Lemma awn from sinus of bifid apex, Lemma awn twisted, spirally coiled at base, like a corkscrew, Lemma awn once geniculate, bent once, Lemma margins thin, lying flat, Lemma straight, Palea membranous, hyaline, Palea shorter than lemma, Stamens 3, Styles 2-fid, deeply 2-branched, Stigmas 2, Fruit - caryop sis.
Dr. David Bogler
Source:
USDA NRCS PLANTS Database
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Type Information
Holotype for Sorghastrum rigidifolium Swallen
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. L. Ekman
Year Collected: 1920
Locality: Greater Antilles, Pinar del Río, Cuba, West Indies
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Card file verified by examination of alleged type specimen
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): E. L. Ekman
Year Collected: 1920
Locality: Greater Antilles, Pinar del Río, Cuba, West Indies
- Holotype: Swallen, J. R. 1966. Phytologia. 14: 97.
© Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
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