G.586. Sorghastrum Nash

Description of the genus

Annuals or perennials. Inflorescence a panicle with elongated central axis; primary branches bearing short racemes. Rhachis internodes and pedicels slender. Spikelets of each pair markedly different; the sessile spikelet fertile, the pedicellate spikelet (mostly in ours) reduced to a barren pedicel. Sessile spikelet: lower glume coriaceous, keeled at apex; upper glume broadly convex; upper lemma awned.

Worldwide: 17 species occurring in Africa and tropical and warm America

Botswana: 1 taxon.

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Other sources of information about Sorghastrum:

Our websites:

Flora of Caprivi: Sorghastrum
Flora of Caprivi: cultivated Sorghastrum
Flora of Malawi: Sorghastrum
Flora of Mozambique: Sorghastrum
Flora of Zambia: Sorghastrum
Flora of Zimbabwe: Sorghastrum

External websites:

African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Sorghastrum
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Sorghastrum
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Sorghastrum
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Sorghastrum
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
iNaturalist: Sorghastrum
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Sorghastrum
JSTOR Plant Science: Sorghastrum
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Sorghastrum
Plants of the World Online: Sorghastrum
Tropicos: Sorghastrum
Wikipedia: Sorghastrum

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2024). Flora of Botswana: Genus page: Sorghastrum.
https://www.botswanaflora.com/speciesdata/genus.php?genus_id=229, retrieved 16 April 2024

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