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Sorghum Moench

This genus name was first published in Methodus (Moench) 207 1794   Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000035801.

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Synonyms of Sorghum

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Sarga Ewart Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria 23(2): 296–297, t. 55, f. 1–7. 1911. (Mar 1911) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000034098
Vacoparis Spangler Austral. Syst. Bot. 16(3): 297. 2003. (28 Jun 2003) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-4000039930

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Sorghum:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum arduini var. bicolor (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 236 1935 — wfo-0001247059
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum aterrimum var. angustum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 223. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020638
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum aterrimum var. transiens (Hack.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 223. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900160
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum basiplicatum var. leucocarpum Chiov. Monogr. Rapp. Colon. Rome 19: 42 1912 — wfo-0001254280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum bicolor subsp. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Harlan Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1258. 1993 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001319397
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum bicolor var. aethiopicum (Hack.) de Wet & Huckabay Evolution 21: 791. 1967 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020615
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum bicolor var. picigutta Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 236. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020513
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caffrorum var. albidum (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 243 1935 — wfo-0001247070
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caffrorum var. densissimum (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 244 1935 — wfo-0001247275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caffrorum var. ondongae (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 243 1935 — wfo-0001247071
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum campanum Ten. & Coss. – — wfo-0001097979
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. cerevisiae Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 132 1917 — wfo-0001247277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. colorans (Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 247 1935 — wfo-0001254253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. kerstingianum (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 247 1935 — wfo-0001254252
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. natae (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 246 1935 — wfo-0001254251
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. rutilum Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 133 1917 — wfo-0001254259
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum caudatum var. umbonatum Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 133 1917 — wfo-0001254282
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum cernuum var. agricolarum (Brukill ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 251 1935 — wfo-0001254275
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum cernuum var. armeniacum Ivanjuk. Nauchno-Tekhn. Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Ordena Lenina Ordena Druzhby Narodov Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Rasteniev. N. I. Vavilova 198: 16. 1990 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum cernuum var. orbiculatum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 252. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020588
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum cernuum var. subcylindricum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 252. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum condensatum f. micropolyanthum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 368. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] as Sorgum Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001325137
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum condensatum var. paniculatum (Kunth) Kuntze – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001390892
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum conspicuum var. callomelan (K.Schum.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 228 1935 — wfo-0001246939
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum conspicuum var. orientale Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 227. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020581
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum conspicuum var. usaramense (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 227 1935 — wfo-0001246938
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum cubanicus Schult. Mant. 2 (Schultes) 519 (Index). 1824 [Jan-Apr 1824] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001352321
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. coimbatoricum (Burkill ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 250 1935 — wfo-0001254268
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. fecundum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 250. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. maximum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 251. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020698
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. mediocre (Burkill ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 249 1935 — wfo-0001254267
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. niloticum (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 249 1935 — wfo-0001254260
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. rivulare Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 251. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum durra var. rutilum (Stapf) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 249 1935 — wfo-0001254258
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum elegans var. baumannii (Körn. ex K.Schum.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 239 1935 — wfo-0001247067
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum elegans var. elegans – – — wfo-0001247063
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum elegans var. holstii (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 239 1935 — wfo-0001247066
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum elegans var. schumannii Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 238 1935 — wfo-0001247062
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum elegans var. ziegleri (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 239 1935 — wfo-0001247064
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum fasciculare (Roxb.) Haines Bot. Bihar Orissa 1034. 1924 (1924) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000037877
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum glaucescens var. tristachyum (Kunth) Kuntze – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001392830
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum guineense var. amphilobum (Busse & Pilg.) S.F.Blake Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 224 1935 — wfo-0001246936
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum guineense var. intermedium (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 225 1935 — wfo-0001246937
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum guineense var. tremulans Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 124 1917 — wfo-0001246935
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense subsp. sativum (Hack.) Trab. Fl. Algérie Monocot.: 128. 1895 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200012578
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. coloratum Goiran Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 17: 39. 1910 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. crupina (Link) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 2: 612. 1841 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020531
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. genuinum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. lasiostachyum Goiran Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 17: 39. 1910 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. majus Goiran Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 17: 39. 1910 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020685
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. minus Goiran Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 17: 39. 1910 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020584
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. schreberi (Ten.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. 785. 1882 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020623
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum halepense var. submuticum Hack. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 272. 1883 [1 Jul 1883] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397199
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum margaritiferum var. tremulans (Stapf) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 224 1935 — wfo-0001246934
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum membranaceum var. ehrenbergianum (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 231 1935 — wfo-0001246943
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum membranaceum var. lateritium (Stapf) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 231 1935 — wfo-0001246942
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum mucronatum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nardus var. grandis (Nees ex Steud.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 1891 — wfo-0001282524
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. calcareum (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 245 1917 — wfo-0001254249
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. cerevisiae (Stapf) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 244 1935 — wfo-0001247276
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. concolor (K.Schum. ex Engl.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 244 1935 — wfo-0001247279
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. peruvianum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 244. [4 Sep 1935] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001247278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. stuhlmannii (Körn. ex K.Schum.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 245 1935 — wfo-0001247280
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nigricans var. ussiense (Körn.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 245 1935 — wfo-0001247281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum niloticum var. kavirondense Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 260. 1955 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020603
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nitidum f. nitidum (Vahl) Pers. Hooker's Icones Plantarum ser. 5 4(1) 1936 in obs. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001327389
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nitidum var. baileyi (F.Muell.) Roberty Boissiera 9 1960 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399545
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nutans var. genuinum Hack. Fl. Bras. (Martius) 2(3): 274. 1883 [1 Jul 1883] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397737
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum nutans var. linnaeanum Hack. – Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001391115
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum papyrascens var. lateritium Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 134. 1917 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001246941
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum plumosum var. leiocladum Roberty Boissiera 9 1960 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399553
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum plumosum var. piligerum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum plumosum var. plumosum (R.Br.) P.Beauv. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41 1912 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399560
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum plumosum var. robustissimum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399562
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum plumosum var. typicum Domin Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 41 1912 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399566
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum randolphianum Parodi Revista Argent. Agron. 13: 16 (1946) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900124
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum roxburghii var. semiclausum Stapf Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 127. 1917 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020605
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum sanguinarum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001352322
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum scoparium Cavadas Fl. Greece, A. Pterid. Gymnosp. Monocot. 259 (1938), graec. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900591
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum serratum var. genuinum Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum serratum var. majus Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399573
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum serratum var. nitidum (Spreng.) Domin Biblioth. Bot. 89(4) 1915 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001399579
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum spontaneum L. Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Botany Branch Annual Report 1986-87 1987 Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001355196
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. compactum (Burkill ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 253 1935 — wfo-0001254277
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. irungiforme (Burkill ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 253 1935 — wfo-0001254278
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. latum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 255. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020585
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. leucocarpum (Chiov.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 254 1935 — wfo-0001254281
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. oviforme Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 254. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. pabulare Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 252. Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1200020704
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum subglabrescens var. umbonatum (Stapf) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935(5): 254 1935 — wfo-0001254283
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum villosum var. divaricatopilosum Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3[3]: 368. 1898 [28 Sep 1898] as Sorgum Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0001397200
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum zeae Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 792 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000900671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Sorghum zizanioides (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 791. 1891 (1891) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-1000037876