Taxon:
Sorghum nitidum (Vahl) Pers.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:101. 1805
Verified:
11/01/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Bor, N. L. 1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
- 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. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
- Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
- Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia
- Lazarides, M. et al. 1991. Taxonomy, cytology and ecology of indigenous Australian Sorghums (Sorghum Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:591-635. URL: http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/151.htm
- Lazarides, M. 1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
- Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource). URL: http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
- Price, H. J. et al. 2005. Genome evolution in the genus Sorghum (Poaceae). Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 95:219-227. URL: http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | c. & s.e. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Honshu | s.w. |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Kyushu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Ryukyu Islands | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Japan | Shikoku | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Korea, South | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | Eastern Asia | Taiwan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Pakistan | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Sri Lanka | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Indochina | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | | |
1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Papuasia | Papua New Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | e. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China (c. & s.e.)
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EASTERN ASIA:
Japan [Honshu (s.w.), Kyushu, Ryukyu Islands, Shikoku], Korea, South, Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
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PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
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INDO-CHINA:
Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
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MALESIA:
Indonesia
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [Queensland (e.)]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Animal food | forage | | Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia |