Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb. [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 nothosubsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 43 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 114 (1917).
Sorghum bicolor subsp. arundinaceum (Desv.) Davidse Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1258 (1993).
Andropogon arundinaceus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 906 (1806), nom. illeg.
Andropogon arundinaceus var. effusus Hack. Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 213 (1887).
Andropogon halepensis var. astolonifer Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 240 (1918), pro syn.
Andropogon halepensis var. congoensis Vanderyst Bull. Agric. Congo Belge 9: 240 (1918), nom. provis.
Andropogon halepensis var. kinshasanensis Vanderyst Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 55: 35 (1922).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. abyssinicus Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 39 (1915), nom. illeg.
Andropogon sorghum var. aethiopicus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 504 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum subvar. aristatus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 503 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum subvar. breviaristatus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 505 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum var. effusus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 563 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. effusus (Hack.) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 35 (1915).
Andropogon sorghum subvar. longiaristatus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 504 (1889).
Andropogon sorghum subvar. submuticus Hack. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 503 (1889), nom. illeg.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. verticilliflorus (Steud.) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 37 (1915).
Andropogon sorghum subsp. vogelianus Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 34 (1915).
Andropogon stapfii Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 7: 184 (1896).
Andropogon verticilliflorus Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 393 (1854).
Holcus sorghum subsp. verticilliflorus (Steud.) Hitchc. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916).
Rhaphis arundinacea Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 173 (1831).
Sorghum abyssinicum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 118 (1917), nom. illeg.
Sorghum aethiopicum (Hack.) Rupr. ex Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 119 (1917).
Sorghum aethiopicum var. brevifolium Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 224 (1955).
Sorghum bicolor var. aethiopicum (Hack.) de Wet & Huckabay Evolution 21: 791 (1967), no basionym cited.
Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Huckabay Evolution 21: 791 (1967), no basionym cited.
Sorghum bicolor var. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet & Huckabay Evolution 21: 791 (1967), no basionym cited.
Sorghum brevicarinatum Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 242 (1955).
Sorghum brevicarinatum var. swahilorum Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 245 (1955).
Sorghum castaneum C.E.Hubb. & Snowden Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 316 (1936).
Sorghum halepense subvar. aristatum Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 150 (1899).
Sorghum halepense var. effusum (Hack.) Rendle in W.P.Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. 2: 150 (1899).
Sorghum lanceolatum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 112 (1917).
Sorghum macrochaetum Snowden Cult. Sorghum: 237 (1936).
Sorghum panicoides Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 120 (1917).
Sorghum pugionifolium Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 240 (1955).
Sorghum somaliense Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 238 (1955).
Sorghum stapfii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1735 (1934).
Sorghum usambarense Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 245 (1955).
Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 116 (1917).
Sorghum verticilliflorum var. infrequens Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 236 (1955).
Sorghum verticilliflorum var. ornatum Snowden J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 235 (1955).
Sorghum vogelianum (Piper) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 116 (1917).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Harlan	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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