Sorghum x drummondii

Sorghum x drummondii

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 x drummondii

Name

Sorghum x drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase, Field Columb. Mus., Bot. Ser. 3: 21. (1903

Formula hybridae: Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf × Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Andropogon × drummondii Nees ex Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 393 (1854)
• Homotypic
  • Andropogon sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack., A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 507 (1889)
  • Holcus sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hitchc., Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 29: 128 (1916)
  • Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1258 (1993)
  • Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr., Ill. Fl. Illinois, Grasses: Panicum-Danthonia: 192 (1973)
  • Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Chiov., Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 224 (1916)
• Heterotypic
  • Andropogon halepensis var. sudanensis (Piper) Suess., G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 1: 269 (1935)
  • Andropogon halepensis subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Suess., G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 1: 259 (1936)
  • Andropogon sorghum var. 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., A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 6: 508 (1889)
  • Andropogon × sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman, Field Crops S. Afr.: 286 (1923)
  • 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 × annuum Trab., J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 128 (1895), nom. illeg.
  • Sorghum × aterrimum Stapf, 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 bicolor var. transiens (Hack.) Fosberg & Sachet, Micronesica 18: 96 (1982 publ. 1984)
  • Sorghum × elliotii Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 118 (1917), nom. illeg.
  • Sorghum halepense var. sudanense (Piper) Soó, Kezik 2: 971 (1951)
  • 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)
  • Sorghum saccharatum var. sudanense (Piper) Kerguélen, Lejeunia, n.s., 75: 262 (1975)
  • Sorghum × sudanense (Piper) Stapf, D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 9: 113 (1917)
  • Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc., J. Washington Acad. Sci. 17: 147 (1927)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Central Africa Chad, Mali, Niger Regional: Northern Africa Egypt Regional: Eastern Africa Sudan Introduced into: Alabama, Arizona, Austria, Botswana, Brazil Southeast, California, Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., El Salvador, Florida, Free State, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hawaii, Honduras, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iraq, Jamaica, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kirgizstan, Krym, Louisiana, Madagascar, Manchuria, Marianas, Massachusetts, Mexico Southeast, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northern Provinces, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Pitcairn Is., Québec, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Society Is., South Carolina, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Virginia, Xinjiang, Yemen References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Millspaugh, C.F. & Chase, M.A. 1903, Publications of the Field Columbian Museum. Botanical series. 2: 21.

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 x drummondii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 Oct. 4. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Sorghum drummondii. Published online. Accessed: Oct. 4 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Sorghum x drummondii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. incorrect name

Vernacular names

English: Sudangrass

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