Sorghum arundinaceum

Sorghum arundinaceum

Sorghum arundinaceum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Sorghinae
Genus: Sorghum
Species: Sorghum arundinaceum

Name

Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf, 1917

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Rhaphis arundinacea Desv., Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 173 (1831).
• Homotypic
  • Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Huckabay, Evolution 21: 791 (1967), no basionym cited.
  • Sorghum bicolor subsp. arundinaceum (Desv.) Davidse, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1258 (1993).
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon arundinaceus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 906 (1806), nom. illeg.
  • Andropogon verticilliflorus Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 393 (1854).
  • Andropogon arundinaceus var. effusus Hack., Bol. Soc. Brot. 5: 213 (1887).
  • 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 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 stapfii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 7: 184 (1896).
  • 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).
  • Andropogon sorghum subsp. abyssinicus Piper, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 39 (1915), nom. illeg.
  • Andropogon sorghum subsp. effusus (Hack.) Hitchc., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 28: 35 (1915).
  • 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).
  • Holcus sorghum subsp. verticilliflorus (Steud.) Hitchc., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916).
  • 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 lanceolatum Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 112 (1917).
  • Sorghum panicoides Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 120 (1917).
  • Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 116 (1917).
  • Sorghum vogelianum (Piper) Stapf in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 116 (1917).
  • 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).
  • Sorghum stapfii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. in J.S.Gamble, Fl. Madras: 1735 (1934).
  • Sorghum castaneum C.E.Hubb. & Snowden, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1936: 316 (1936).
  • Sorghum macrochaetum Snowden, Cult. Sorghum: 237 (1936).
  • Sorghum aethiopicum var. brevifolium Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 224 (1955).
  • Sorghum brevicarinatum Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 242 (1955).
  • Sorghum brevicarinatum var. swahilorum Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 245 (1955).
  • Sorghum pugionifolium Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 240 (1955).
  • Sorghum somaliense Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 238 (1955).
  • Sorghum usambarense Snowden, J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 55: 245 (1955).
  • 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 bicolor var. aethiopicum (Hack.) 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 bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb., Taxon 56: 944 (2007).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Southern Africa Angola, Cape Provinces, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Namibia, Northern Provinces, Swaziland Regional: Western Africa Benin, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Rodrigues, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo Regional: Central Africa Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe Regional: Macaronesia Cape Verde Regional: Eastern Africa Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Western Indian Ocean Madagascar Regional: Mascareñas Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Indian subcontinent East Himalaya, India, West Himalaya Introduced into: Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, California, Caroline Is., Colombia, Cook Is., Ecuador, Fiji, Florida, Hawaii, Jamaica, New Caledonia, New Guinea, Niue, Norfolk Is., Peru, Pitcairn Is., Puerto Rico, Samoa, Society Is., Solomon Is., Taiwan, Tonga, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Stapf, O. in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), 1917- Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 114

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Sorghum arundinaceum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Sorghum arundinaceum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 03. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Sorghum arundinaceum. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sorghum arundinaceum. Published online. Accessed: October 03 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sorghum arundinaceum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: kaffir corn, broom corn, common wild sorghum
Nederlands: kafferkoren

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