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Taxon:  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor



Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Sorghum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Sorghinae
Nomen number:
454806
Verified:
03/05/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (6598 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse (5 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J. Dahlb. (1 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Holcus bicolor L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot.
Holcus sorghum L.
Sorghum vulgare Pers.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
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Reference(s)
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  2. CIAT/FAO collaboration on tropical forages. Grassland Species Profiles (on-line resource).
  3. de Wet, J. M. J. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:479.
  4. Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
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  6. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
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  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
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  10. Nair, N. V. et al. 2006. Characterization of intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum using molecular markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:163-169.
  11. Nair, N. V. et al. 2006. Characterization of intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum using molecular markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 53:163-169.
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
  14. Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
  15. Wiersema, J. H. & J. Dahlberg. 2007. The nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Gramineae). Taxon 56:944.
  16. Wood, J. R. I. A handbook of the flora of Yemen. 1997
  17. PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
broomcorn –
durra –
feterita –
forage sorghum –
grain sorghum –
great millet –
Kaffir-corn –
milo –
shallu –
sorghum –
sweet sorghum –
Ethiopia
bachanta –
French
gros mil –
sorgho –
German
gewöhnliche Mohrenhirse –
nickende Mohrenhirse –
Zuckerhirse –
India
jowar –
Italian
sorgo –
Japanese Rōmaji
morokoshi –
Portuguese
sorgo –
Spanish
daza –
sorgo –
Swedish
durra –
Transcribed Chinese
gao liang –
Transcribed Korean
susu –
Distribution
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=454806. Accessed 5 April 2025.

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