Taxon:  Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch.



Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Parasorghum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Sorghinae
Nomen number:
35144
Place of publication:
Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 302, 310.  1867
Verified:
07/06/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (3  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon purpureosericeus Hochst. ex A. Rich.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Sarga purpureosericea (A. Rich.) Spangler

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sorghum dimidiatum Stapf

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flore du Cameroun.
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  4. Dillon, S. L. et al. 2007. Sorghum resolved as a distinct genus based on combined ITS1, ndhF and Adh1 analyses. Pl. Syst. Evol. 268:29-43.
  5. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  6. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  7. Price, H. J. et al. 2005. Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 95:219-227.
  8. Spangler, R. E. 2003. Taxonomy of Sarga, Sorghum and Vacoparis (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 6:279-299. Note: = "Sarga purpureo-sericeum"
  9. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  10. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEritrea  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia  Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon n.Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flore du Cameroun.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon (n.)
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Nigeria
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India

Reference(s)
  1. Aubréville, A. et al., eds. 1963-. Flore du Cameroun.
  2. Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
  3. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  4. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  5. Thulin, M., ed. 1993-. Flora of Somalia.
  6. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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=35144. Accessed 15 April 2026.