Taxonomy Profile: Sorghum bicolor (L Moench)

Sorghum bicolor: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Plantae
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Sorghum caudatum
Hack Stapf
Sorghum dochna
Forssk Snowden
Holcus bicolor
L
Holcus sorghum
L
Sorghum caffrorum
Thunb P Beauv
Sorghum cernuum
Ard Host
Sorghum durra
Forssk Stapf
Sorghum guineense
Stapf
Sorghum nervosum
Besser ex Schult
Sorghum saccharatum
L Moench
Sorghum subglabrescens
Steud Schweinf & Asch
Sorghum vulgare
Pers
Sorghum bicolor ssp. bicolor
L Moench
Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum
Retz Mohlenbr
Sorghum bicolor var. sudanense
Piper Hitchc
Sorghum bicolor var. virgatum
Hack de Wet & Huckabay
Sorghum dochna var. technicum
Körn Snowden
Sorghum vulgare var. caffrorum
Retz FT Hubb & Rehder
Sorghum vulgare var. durra
Forssk Hubb & Rehder
Sorghum vulgare var. roxburghii
Stapf Haines
Sorghum vulgare var. saccharatum
L Boerl
Sorghum vulgare var. technicum
Körn Jáv
Andropogon bicolor
L Roxb
Andropogon caffrorum
Thunb Kunth
Andropogon saccharatus
L Raspail
Andropogon saccharatus
L Roxb
Andropogon sorghum
L Brot
Andropogon vulgaris
Pers Raspail
Holcus caffrorum
Thunb
Holcus cernuus
Ard
Holcus cernuus
Muhl
Holcus dochna
Forssk
Holcus durra
Forssk
Holcus saccharatus
L
Holcus sorghum
Brot
Milium bicolor
L Cav
Milium nigricans
Ruiz & Pav
Panicum caffrorum
Retz
Panicum sacchariferum
L Salisb
Sorghum coriaceum
Snowden
Sorghum dura
Griseb
Sorghum durra
Forssk Batt & Trab
Sorghum exsertum
Snowden
Sorghum japonicum
Hack Roshev
Sorghum margaritiferum
Stapf
Sorghum nigricans
Ruiz & Pav Snowden
Sorghum roxburghii
Stapf
Sorghum saccharatum
L Pers
Sorghum saccharatum
Host
Sorghum sorghum
L H Karst
Sorghum technicum
Körn Batt & Trab
Sorghum technicum
Körn Roshev
Andropogon sorghum var. albofuscus
Körn
Andropogon sorghum var. bicarinatus
Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolor
L Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolor
L Koern & Wern
Andropogon sorghum var. cernuus
Ard Körn & FA Werner
Andropogon sorghum var. dochna
Forssk C Chr
Andropogon sorghum var. durra
Forssk Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. hians
Stapf
Andropogon sorghum var. nervosus
Besser ex Schult Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatus
L Alef
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatus
L Körn
Andropogon sorghum var. sativus
Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. subglobosus
Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. submuticus
Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. technicus
Körn
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgaris
Pers Hack
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgaris
Pers Stapf ex Hook f
Holcus saccharatus var. technicus
Körn Farw
Holcus sorghum var. caffrorum
Thunb LH Bailey
Holcus sorghum var. durra
Forssk Bailey
Holcus sorghum var. saccharatus
L LH Bailey
Holcus sorghum var. technicus
Körn LH Bailey
Sorghum bicolor var. bicolor
L Moench
Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum
Thunb Mohlenbr
Sorghum bicolor var. cernuum
Ard Ghisa
Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum
L Mohlenbr
Sorghum bicolor var. technicum
Körn Stapf ex Holland
Sorghum caffrorum var. albofuscum
Körn Snowden
Sorghum caffrorum var. bicarinatum
Hack Snowden
Sorghum caudatum var. angolense
Rendle Stapf
Sorghum dochna var. dochna
Forssk Snowden
Sorghum halepense var. saccharatum
L Goiran
Sorghum nigricans var. angolense
Rendle Snowden
Sorghum roxburghii var. hians
Stapf Stapf
Sorghum saccharatum var. bicolor
L Kerguélen
Sorghum saccharatum var. technicum
Körn Doronina & Ivanjuk
Sorghum saccharatum var. vulgare
Pers Kuntze
Sorghum vulgare var. angolense
Rendle
Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor
L Eaton & Wright
Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor
L Pers
Sorghum vulgare var. cernuum
Ard Fiori & Paol
Sorghum vulgare var. nervosum
Besser ex Schult Forbes & Hemsley
Sorghum vulgare var. nigricans
Ruiz & Pav AF Hill
Sorghum vulgare var. technicum
Körn Fiori & Paol
Sorghum vulgare var. vulgare
Pers
Andropogon sorghum subvar. japonicus
Hack
Common Name(s):
sorghum []
broom-corn []
broomcorn []
black amber []
chicken corn []
shattercane []
wild cane []
shatter cane []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
accepted
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Sorghum bicolor: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Plantae
plants |
Planta |
Vegetal |
plantes |
Subkingdom : Viridiplantae
green plants |
Infrakingdom : Streptophyta
land plants |
Superdivision : Embryophyta
Phylum : Tracheophyta
vascular plants |
tracheophytes |
Subphylum : Spermatophytina
spermatophytes |
seed plants |
phanérogames |
Superorder : Lilianae
monocots |
monocotyledons |
monocotylédones |
Order : Poales
Family : Poaceae
grasses |
graminées |
Genus : Sorghum
sorghum |
Species : Sorghum bicolor
sorghum |
broom-corn |
broomcorn |
black amber |
chicken corn |
shattercane |
wild cane |
shatter cane |
Sorghum bicolor Direct Children(s):
Sorghum bicolor: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Sorghum bicolor
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
1996-07-26
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Sorghum bicolor
Source:
The PLANTS Database
Acquired:
2000-01-21
Notes:
National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
Reference for:
Sorghum bicolor
Source:
Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009
Acquired:
2009-11-24
Notes:
Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
Reference for:
Sorghum bicolor
Source:
Poaceae update
Acquired:
2010-09-01
Notes:
Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
Reference for:
Sorghum bicolor
Publication(s):
Sorghum bicolor: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Caribbean
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Caribbean Territories / Introduced
Sorghum bicolor: Comments