Sorghastrum nutans
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
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- Plant group
- Angiosperms · flowering plants
- Order
- Poales
- Family
- Poaceae
- Genus
- Sorghastrum
- Species
- Sorghastrum nutans
- Taxonomic status
- Accepted in this release
- Name publication year
- 1903
Synonyms & earlier names
Names that this release treats as synonyms of Sorghastrum nutans. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.
40 synonyms in this snapshot
- Andropogon albescensName author: E.Fourn.
- Andropogon arenaceusName author: Raf.
- Andropogon avenaceumName author: Michx.
- Andropogon avenaceusName author: Michx.
- Andropogon ciliatusName author: Elliott
- Andropogon confertusName author: Trin. ex E.Fourn.
- Andropogon linnaeanusName author: Scribn. & C.R.Ball
- Andropogon nutansName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
- Andropogon nutans subsp. linnaeanusName author: (Hack.) Hack.
- Andropogon nutans var. avenaceusName author: (Michx.) Hack.
- Andropogon nutans var. linnaeanusName author: Hack.
- Andropogon rufidulusName author: Steud.
- Andropogon stipoidesName author: Trin.
- Chalcoelytrum nutansName author: (L.) Lunell
- Chrysopogon avenaceusName author: Benth.
- Chrysopogon minorName author: Vasey
- Chrysopogon nutansName author: Benth.
- Chrysopogon nutans var. avenaceusName author: (Michx.) Coville & Branner
- Chrysopogon nutans var. linnaeanusName author: C.Mohr
- Digitaria nutansName author: (L.) Beetle
- Holcus nutansName author: (L.) Stuck.
- Holcus nutans var. avenaceusName author: (Michx.) Stuck.
- Poranthera ciliataName author: Raf. ex B.D.Jacks.
- Poranthera nutansName author: (L.) Raf.
- Rhaphis nutansName author: (L.) Roberty
- Sorghastrum albescensName author: (E.Fourn.) Beetle
- Sorghastrum avenaceumName author: (Michx.) Nash
- Sorghastrum flexuosumName author: Swallen
- Sorghastrum linnaeanumName author: Nash
- Sorghastrum nutans subsp. nutansName author: Not supplied
- Sorghum avenaceumName author: (Michx.) Chapm.
- Sorghum nutansName author: (L.) A.Gray
- Sorghum nutans subsp. avenaceumName author: (Michx.) Hack.
- Sorghum nutans subsp. linnaeanumName author: Hack.
- Sorghum nutans subvar. avenaceumName author: (Michx.) Roberty
- Sorghum nutans var. elongatumName author: Hack.
- Sorghum nutans var. genuinumName author: Hack.
- Stipa strictaName author: Lam.
- Stipa villosaName author: Walter
- Trichachne nutansName author: (L.) B.R.Baum
About this record
Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.
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