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Genus: Sorghum section: Sorghum
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Panicoideae tribe: Andropogoneae.
Nomen number: 454806
Name verified on: 05-Mar-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 01-Apr-2008
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions:
43919 in National Plant Germplasm System.
See other conspecific taxa:
- broomcorn (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- durra (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- feterita (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- forage sorghum (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- grain sorghum (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- great millet (Source: Dict Rehm
) – English
- Kaffir-corn (Source: Hortus 3
[but this adjective is best avoided, as it can be an offensive term]) – English
- milo (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- shallu (Source: Hortus 3
) – English
- sorghum (Source: World Econ Pl
) – English
- sweet sorghum (Source: N. El Bassam 1998) – English
- gros mil (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- sorgho (Source: Dict Rehm
) – French
- gewöhnliche Mohrenhirse (Source: Zander ed17
) – German
- nickende Mohrenhirse (Source: Zander ed17
[as S. cernuum]) – German
- Zuckerhirse (Source: Zander ed17
[as S. dochna]) – German
- morokoshi (Source: Names Batra
) – Japanese Rōmaji
- sorgo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Portuguese
- daza (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- sorgo (Source: Dict Rehm
) – Spanish
- sorgo forrajero (Source: not available) – Spanish
- More:
- Food additives: flavoring (for beer fide Amer J Bot 65:480. 1978)
- Human food: beverage base; cereal; sugar (fide Amer J Bot 65:480. 1978; Pl Res SEAs 10:131. 1996)
- Animal food: fodder; forage (fide Pl Book)
- Fuels: petroleum substitute/alcohol (fide N. El Bassam 1998)
- Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of sugarcane (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 53:163. 2006)
- Materials: fiber (for making brooms & brushes fide Pl Book)
- Medicines: folklore (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
- Vertebrate poisons: mammals (fide F Yemen)
- More:
Cultivated: - cultivated throughout tropic, subtropic, & warm-temperate regions
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
- Batra, L. R.
1995. Names of Japanese plants sorted by their Japanese names in Romanized Katakana and scientific nomenclature. (Names Batra)
- El Bassam, N.
1998. Energy plant species.
- Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. (Zander ed17)
- FNA Editorial Committee.
1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
- Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
- Nair, N. V. et al.
2006. Characterization of intergeneric hybrids of Saccharum using molecular markers.
Genet. Resources Crop Evol.
53:163–169. [tested the use of RAPD markers to identify genuine hybrids, it verified hybridization between Saccharum officinarum & this taxon. All hybrids were phenotypically closer to Saccharum since it contributes the major part of the genome].
- Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
- Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
- Wiersema, J. H. & J. Dahlberg.
2007. The nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Gramineae).
Taxon
56:944.
- de Wet, J. M. J.
1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae).
Amer. J. Bot.
65:479.
Synonyms:
Check other databases for Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor:
- PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of
the United States and its Territories
- Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
- PROTABASE: Plant Resources of
Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
Images:
- More:
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inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require
specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with
properly documented herbarium material.
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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville,
Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?454806 (09 February 2010)
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