Higher Taxa
Division: Magnoliophyta (Angiosperms)
Class: Liliopsida (Monocotyledons)
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae (Gramineae)
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Focal Species: Microstegium vimineum (Trin.) Camus; Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. JOHNSON GRASS
Genera and species:
ANDROPOGON L. BEARDGRASS Hitchcock, 1971
A. aretatus Chapm.
A. cabanisii Hack.
A. campyloracheus Nash.
A. capillipes Nash
A. cirratus Hack. TEXAS BEARDGRASS
A. elliottii Chapm. ELLIOTT BEARDGRASS
A. exaristatus (Nash) Hitchc.
A. floridanus Scribn.
A. gerardi Vitman. BIG BLUESTEM
A. glomeratus (Walt.) B.S.P. BUSHY BEARDGRASS
A. gracilis Spreng.
A. hallii Hack. SAND BLUESTEM
A. hirtiflorus (Nees) Kunth.
A. longiberbis Hack.
A. maritimus Chapm.
A. morhii (Hack.) Hack. ex. Vasey.
A. niveus Swallen.
A. nodosus (Willem.) Nash.
A. perangustatus Nash.
A. perforatus Trin.
A. pertusus (L.) Willd.
A. rhizomatus Swallen.
A. semiberbis (Nees) Kunth.
A. serceus R. Br.
A. sericatus Swallen.
A. stolonifer (Nash) Hitchc.
A. subtenuis Nash.
A. tener (Nees) Kunth
A. ternarius Michx.
A. tracyi Nash.
A. virginicus L. BROOMSEDGE
A. wrightii Hack.
ARTHRAXON Beaux. Hitchcock, 1971
A. hispidus (Thunb.) Makino
BOTHRIOCHLOA KuntzeGould, 1983
B. barbinodis (Lag.) Herter CANE BLUESTEM
B. ischaemum (L.) Keng. KING RANCH BLUESTEM
B. saccharoides (Swartz) Rydb. SILVER BLUESTEM
CHRYSOPOGOA Trin. Hitchcock, 1971
C. pauciflorus (Chapm.) Benth. Ex. Vasey
COELORACHIS L.Gould, 1983
C. atissima (Poir.) Hitchc.
C. cylindrica (Michx.) Nash CAROLINA JOINTTAIL
C. rugosa (Nutt.) Kuntze.
C. tesselata (Steud.) Scribn.
C. tuberculosa Nash.
COIX L. Gould, 1983
C. lacryma-jobi L.
DICHANTIUM WillenetGould, 1983
D. annulatum (Forsk.) Stapf. KEBERY BLUESTEM
D. aristatum (Poir.) C.E. Hubb. ANGLETON BLUESTEM
D. sericeum (R. Br.) A. Camus SILKY BLUESTEM
ELYONURUS Humb. & Bonpl. ex. Willd. Hitchcock, 1971
E. barbiculmis Hack.
B. tripsacoides Humb. & Bonpl. ex. Willd.
EREMOCHLOA BueseGould, 1983
E. ophiuroides (Munro.) Hack. CENTIPEDEGRASS
ERIANTHUS Michx. PLUMEGRASS Hitchcock, 1971
E. alopecuroides (L.) Ell. SILVER PLUMEGRASS
E. brevibarbis Michx.
E. coarctatus Fernaldo
E. contortus Baldw. Ex. Ell. BENT-AWN PLUMEGRASS
E. giganteus (Walt.) Muhl. SUGARCANE PLUMEGRASS
E. ravennae (L.) Beauv. RAVENA GRASS
E. strictus Baldw. NARROW PLUMEGRASS
HACKELOCHLOA Kuntze Hitchcock, 1971
H. granularis (L.) Kuntze.
HETEROPOGON Pers. Hitchcock, 1971
H. contortus (L.) Beauv. ex. Roem. & Schult. TANGLEHEAD
H. melanocarpus (Ell.) Benth. SWEET TANGLEHEAD
HYPARRHENIA Anderss. Ex. Stapf Hitchcock, 1971
H. hirta (L.) Stapf.
H. rufa (Nees) Stapf.
IMPERATA Cyrillo Hitchcock, 1971
I. brasiliensis Trin.
I. brevifolia Vasey. SATINTAIL
I. cylincrica (L.) Beauv. COGON GRASS
MICROSTEGIUM Nees Hitchcock, 1971
MISCANTHUS Anderss. Hitchcock, 1971
M. nepalensis (Trin.) Hack.
M. sacchariflorus (Maxim.) Hack.
M. sinensis Anderss. EULALIA
SACCHARUM L. Hitchcock, 1971
S. officinarum L. SUGARCANE
SCHIZACHYRIUM Nees Gould, 1983
S. scoparium (Michx.) Nash. LITTLE BLUESTEM
SORGHASTUM Nash. Hitchcock, 1971
S. elliottii (Mohr) Nash.
S. nutans (L.) Nash. INDIAN GRASS
S. secundum (Ell.) Nash.
SORGHUM Moench Hitchcock, 1971
S. halepense (L.) Pers. JOHNSON GRASS
S. lancelatum Stapf.
S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf. SUDAN GRASS
S. vulgare Pers. SORGHUM
TRACHYPOGON Nees Hitchcock, 1971
T. secundus (Presl.) Scribn. CRINKLE-AWN
TRIPSACUM L. GAMEGRASS Hitchcock, 1971
T. dactyloides (L.) L. EASTERN GAMEGRASS
T. floridanum Porter ex. Vasey. FLORIDA GAMEGRASS
T. lanceolatum Rupr. MEXICAN GAMEGRASS
ZEA L. Hitchcock, 1971
Z. mays L. MAIZE, INDIAN CORN