Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:101. 1805
Comment:
Johnsongrass is a product of introgression with S. bicolor
Verified:
07/02/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
Aleppo grass – evergreen millet – Johnsongrass – means grass – Afrikaans
Johnsongras – French
herbe d'Alep – sorgho d'Alep – German
Aleppohirse – wilde Mohrenhirse – Italian
sorgagna – Spanish
cañota – hierba Johnson – sorgo de Aleppo – Swedish
ogräsdurra – Transcribed Chinese
shi mao –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Egypt | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northern Africa | Libya | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Armenia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Caucasus | Azerbaijan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kazakhstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Kyrgyzstan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Turkmenistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Middle Asia | Uzbekistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Afghanistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iran | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Iraq | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Israel | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Jordan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Lebanon | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Syria | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
4 | Naturalized | | | | | |
6 | Other | | | | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt, Libya
Asia-Temperate
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CAUCASUS:
Armenia, Azerbaijan
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MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
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WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Pakistan
Naturalized
()
Other
()
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. et al. 1991. Taxonomy, cytology, and ecology of indigenous Australian sorghums (Sorghum Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:603. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. 1988 |
Weed | | | Henderson, L. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. 2001 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=35119.
Accessed 6 October 2024.