Genus: Sorghum Moench

Family:

Poaceae

Subfamily:

Panicoideae

Tribe:

Andropogoneae

Subtribe:

Sorghinae

Genus number:

11304

Last updated:

06-Feb-2017

Accession Count:

53 (53 active, 41 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Comments:

• conserved (nom. cons.)(Melbourne ICN Art. 14 & App. III) over the earlier parahomonym (Melbourne ICN Art. 53.3) Sorgum Adans., nom. rej.
• all accepted species are in GRIN

List of Species Records in GRIN

Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~):

(=) Blumenbachia Koeler
(~) Cleistachne Benth.
(=~) Sarga Ewart
(=~) Vacoparis Spangler

Subdivisions of Sorghum Moench:

Section
Chaetosorghum
Heterosorghum
Parasorghum
Sorghum

Check Index Nominum Genericorum for Sorghum

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/taxonomygenus?id=11304. Accessed 7 December 2025.