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Taxon:  Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench nothosubsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse



Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Sorghum
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Sorghinae
Nomen number:
410498
Place of publication:
Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45:1258. 1993 (J. M. J. de Wet, Amer. J. Bot. 65:481. 1978, nom. inval.)
Comment:
  • [= S. bicolor subsp. bicolor × S. bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum]
  • de Wet failed to provide a full reference to the basionym, citing only S. drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
Verified:
03/05/2008 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
4 (4  active, 4  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (28 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. bicolor (0 active accession[s])
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J. Dahlb. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Andropogon drummondii Steud.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. var. drummondii (Steud.) Hack.
Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Nees ex Millsp. & Chase
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. drummondii (Steud.) Mohlenbr.
Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. drummondii (Steud.) Hitchc.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. subsp. hewisonii Piper
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. subsp. sudanensis Piper
Holcus sorghum L. var. hewisonii (Piper) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum L. var. sudanensis (Piper) Hitchc.
Sorghum hewisonii (Piper) Longley
Sorghum niloticum (Stapf ex Piper) Snowden
Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf
Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.
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Reference(s)
  1. Adugna, A. et al. 2013. Population genetic structure of in situ wild Sorghum bicolor in its Ethiopian center of origin based on SSR markers. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 60:1313-1328. URL: http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/10722 Note: = Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Steud.) De Wet
  2. de Wet, J. M. J. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:481. URL: http://www.amjbot.org
  3. 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
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/
  5. Harlan, J. R. & J. M. J. de Wet. 1976. A simplified classification of cultivated Sorghum. Crop Sci. (Madison) 12:176.
  6. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
  7. Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
  8. Krizek, D. 2008. pers. comm. Note: re. common names
  9. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  10. 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
  11. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
  12. Sahoo, L. et al. 2010. Growth and fitness components of wild × cultivated Sorghum bicolor (Poaceae) hybrids in Nebraska. Amer. J. Bot. 97:1610-1617. URL: http://www.amjbot.org Note: = Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii "Nees ex Steud de Wet & Harlan"
  13. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
  14. Wiersema, J. H. & J. Dahlberg. 2007. The nomenclature of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench (Gramineae). Taxon 56:944. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  15. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): III. Subfamilies Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, and Danthonioideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 46:600. Note: = Sorghum ×drummondii (Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
  16. 1998. Federal Seed Act and Regulations, Agricultural and Vegetable Kind Lists, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch. URL: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateI&navID=Publications&rightNav1=Publications&topNav=&leftNav=FairTradingRegulations&page=SeedTestingPublications&resultType=&acct=lsgeninfo
Common names
English
chicken-corn –
shattercane –
sordan –
sorghum-sudangrass –
Sudan grass –
French
sorgho du Soudan –
sorgho menu –
German
Sudangras –
Italian
sorgo gentile –
Spanish
pasto Sudán –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    one form (Sudangrass) widely cult. for forage
4Naturalized    may occur as weed wherever sorghum is cult.
Cultivated (one form (Sudangrass) widely cult. for forage)
Naturalized (may occur as weed wherever sorghum is cult.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodforageas SudangrassMabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Environmentalsoil improveras Sorghum ×drummondiiUniversity of California Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program. UC SAREP on-line cover crop database (on-line resource). URL: http://www.sarep.ucdavis.edu/ccrop/
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa Note: poisonous
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. 490. Note: lists as Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Hitchc.
Weedpotential seed contaminant de Wet, J. M. J. 1978. Systematics and evolution of Sorghum sect. Sorghum (Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:481. URL: http://www.amjbot.org


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