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Taxon:  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench



Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Sorghum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Nomen number:
35092
Place of publication:
Methodus 207. 1794
Comment:
for weedy sorghums see S. bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii
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 subsp. bicolor (0 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse (1 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J. Dahlb. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
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    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
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  21. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976
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Common names
English
great millet –
Rhodesian Sudan grass –
sorghum –
Distribution
Native
Africa
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia, Chad
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Cultivated (cult. throughout tropic, subtropic, & warm-temperate regions)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
Northern America
  • REGION: North America
Southern America
  • REGION: South America
  • MESOAMERICA: Central America
Economic Uses


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