Genus: Sorghum Moench

• conserved (nom. cons.)(Vienna ICBN Art. 14 & App. III) over the earlier parahomonym (Vienna ICBN Art. 53.3) Sorgum Adans., nom. rej.
• all 22 accepted species are in GRIN

Complete List of Accepted Species Records.

References for genus:

• Spangler, R. E. 2003. Taxonomy of Sarga, Sorghum and Vacoparis (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 16:279–299.
  

More:

KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Note: Log on to KBD for better access.

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

• (= ) Blumenbachia Koeler
• (=~) Sarga Ewart
• (=~) Vacoparis Spangler

Check other nomenclature databases for Sorghum:

• ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
• NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Subdivisions of genus Sorghum:

Images:

• Caryopsis and spikelets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Disseminule drawings (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Embryo drawing (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium drawing
• Forestry Images (Sorghum halepense): Images of invasive weeds from www.forestryimages.org
• Inflorescence branch (Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Inflorescence branch (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Inflorescence branch (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum halepense): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum halepense): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum ×almum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelets and/or florets (Sorghum ×almum): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org
• Check H. D. Wilson's Vascular Plant Image Library (Texas A. & M. University)

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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