African Plant Database


Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Family : POACEAE
Protologue : Methodus (Moench): 207 (1794)
Information on the genus : Sorghum
Basionym : Holcus bicolor L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (present)
Status for NA : accepted (cultivated)
Status for SA : accepted (present)
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Holcus bicolor L.
 Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor
 Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host (1809)
 Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. (1804)
 Sorghum vulgare subsp. bicolor (L.) Maire & Weiller (1952)
 Sorghum vulgare subsp. cernuum (Ard.) Maire & Weiller
 Holcus cernuus Ard. (1786)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Andropogon sorghum subsp. sudanensis Piper
=Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf (1917)
=Sorghum dochna (Forssk.) Snowden
=Holcus dochna Forssk.
=Sorghum vulgare auct.
=Sorghum membranaceum Chiov.
=Sorghum ankolib (Hack.) Stapf
=Andropogon sorghum var. ankolib Hack.
=Sorghum caudatum (Hack.) Stapf
=Andropogon sorghum var. caudatus Hack.
=Holcus durra Forssk.
=Sorghum durra (Forssk.) Stapf (1917)
=Sorghum vulgare subsp. durra (Forssk.) Maire & Weiller (1952)
=Sorghum roxburghii Stapf (1917)
=Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav.
=Sorghum nigricans (Ruíz & Pav.) Snowden
=Sorghum basutorum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum conspicuum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum coriaceum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum dulcicaule Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum exsertum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum gambicum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum mellitum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum notabile Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum rigidum Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum simulans Snowden (1935)
=Sorghum melanocarpum Huber (1868)
=Andropogon sorghum subsp. sativus Hack.
=Sorghum halepense subsp. sativum (Hack.) Trab. (1895)
 
Taxon infra-specific
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor

Bibliography for North Africa :
  • TUTIN, T. G. & al. (ed.) (1980). Flora Europaea. (vol. 5) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. [p.265]
  • ALI, S. I., S. M. H. JAFRI & A. EL GADI (ed.) (1989). Flora of Libya. Al Faateh University. Tripoli. [p.323]
  • HANSEN, A. & P. SUNDING (1993). Flora of Macaronesia. Checklist of vascular plants. 4. revised edition. Sommerfeltia 17: [1-295]
  • BOULOS, L. (2005). FLORA OF EGYPT. [vol. 4] Al Harara Publishing. Cairo. [p.331]
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos
see under Herbarium, North Africa MPU
 
Map
carte afrique num 126716
 
Record n°126716
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