Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Infraspecies:: 2

Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor

Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
sudangrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sorghum × drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase Publ. Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 3: 21 (1903).
Sorghum × sudanense (Piper) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 113 (1917).
Andropogon halepensis var. sudanensis (Piper) Suess. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 1: 269 (1935).
Andropogon halepensis subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Suess. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 1: 259 (1936).
Andropogon sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 507 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. hewisonii Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 41 (1915).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. niloticus Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 41 (1915).
Andropogon sorghum var. nitens Busse & Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 189 (1902).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sudanensis Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 33 (1915).
Andropogon sorghum var. transiens Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 508 (1889).
Andropogon × drummondii Nees ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 393 (1854).
Andropogon × sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman Field Crops S. Afr.: 286 (1923).
Holcus sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916).
Holcus sorghum subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916).
Holcus sorghum var. transiens (Hack.) Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 100 (1926).
Holcus × sudanensis (Piper) L.H.Bailey Gentes Herbarum 1: 132 (1923).
Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr. Ill. Fl. Illinois, Grasses: Panicum-Danthonia: 192 (1973).
Sorghum bicolor var. transiens (Hack.) Fosberg & Sachet Micronesica 18: 96 (1982 publ. 1984).
Sorghum halepense var. sudanense (Piper) Soó Kezik 2: 971 (1951).
Sorghum saccharatum var. sudanense (Piper) Kerguélen Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 262 (1975).
Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 224 (1916).
Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc. J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 147 (1927).
Sorghum × annuum Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 128 (1895), nom. illeg.
Sorghum × aterrimum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 121 (1917).
Sorghum × aterrimum var. angustum Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 223 (1935).
Sorghum × aterrimum var. transiens (Hack.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 223 (1935).
Sorghum × elliotii Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 118 (1917), nom. illeg.
Sorghum × hewisonii (Piper) Longley J. Agric. Res. 44: 318 (1932).
Sorghum × niloticum (Piper) Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 258 (1955).
Sorghum × niloticum var. kavirondense Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 260 (1955).
Sorghum × nitens (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1935: 224 (1935).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummodii (Nees Ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Sorghum sudanense	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sorghum x drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sorghum × drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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