Taxon:  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & J. R. Harlan ex Davidse



Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Sorghum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Sorghinae
Nomen number:
314606
Place of publication:
Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:1258.  1993 (J. R. Harlan et al., Origins of African plant domestication 455.  1976, nom. inval.)
Comment:
  • de Wet & Harlan failed to provide a full reference to the basionym
  • = S. bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum race arundinaceum
Verified:
03/05/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
285 (61  active, 54  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images


Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. de Wet, J. M. J. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:481.
  2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  3. Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
  4. Wiersema, J. H. & J. Dahlberg. 2007. The nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Gramineae). Taxon 56:944.
  5. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:599. Note: = Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf
Common names
Distribution

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=314606. Accessed 12 May 2026.