Sorghum bicolor

Taxonomy ID: 4558 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:4558)

current name

Sorghum bicolor  (L.) Moench, 1794

homotypic synonym:

Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor

basionym:

Holcus bicolor  L., 1771

Genbank common name: sorghum
NCBI BLAST name: monocots
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Mitochondrial genetic code: Translation table 1 (Standard)
Other names:

heterotypic synonym

Sorghum vulgare  Pers.

heterotypic synonym

Sorghum saccharatum  (L.) Moench

heterotypic synonym

Sorghum nervosum  Besser ex Schult.

heterotypic synonym

Andropogon sorghum  (L.) Brot.

common name(s)

milo, broomcorn

Lineage(full)

cellular organisms; Eukaryota; Viridiplantae; Streptophyta; Streptophytina; Embryophyta; Tracheophyta; Euphyllophyta; Spermatophyta; Magnoliopsida; Mesangiospermae; Liliopsida; Petrosaviidae; commelinids; Poales; Poaceae; PACMAD clade; Panicoideae; Andropogonodae; Andropogoneae; Sorghinae; Sorghum

Comments and References:

image:Sorghum bicolor Image by pethan from Wikimedia Commons under a CC BY-SA 3.0 license. * Image may not have been verified for accuracy by NCBI Taxonomy.

APNI (Nov 21, 2013) Name accessed on 21 November 2013 in: The Australian Plant Name Index (Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium, Australian National Botanic Gardens and the Australian Biological Resources Study).

Australian Plant Census Australian Plant Census (APC) - Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria.

GRIN (Sept 23, 2009) Name verified on 23 September 2009 in: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.

African Plant Database (Nov 21, 2013) Name accessed on 21 November 2013 in: African Flowering Plant Database (version 3.1). Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Villle de Geneve and South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria, retrieved from http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa

Wiersema J.H & Dahlberg J 2007 Wiersema JH, Dahlberg. J 2007. The nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Gramineae). Taxon 56(3): 941-946.

Barkworth ME et al. 2003 Barkworth ME, Capels KM, Long S and Piep MB (Eds.) 2003. Flora of North America North of Mexico, Vol. 25: Magnoliophyta: Commelinidae (in part): Poaceae, part 2. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford, pp. 1-783.