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Taxon:
Sorghum halepense
(L.) Pers.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Sorghum
Section:
Sorghum
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Panicoideae
Tribe:
Andropogoneae
Subtribe:
Sorghinae
Nomen number:
35119
Place of publication:
Syn. pl. 1:101. 1805
Comment:
Johnsongrass is a product of introgression with
S. bicolor
Verified:
07/02/1987
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Holcus halepensis
L.
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Holcus halepensis
L. var.
halepensis
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Andropogon halepensis
(L.) Brot.
Andropogon halepensis
(L.) Brot. var.
anatherus
Piper
Holcus exiguus
Forssk.
Holcus halepensis
L. var.
miliformis
(Schult.) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum
L. var.
exiguus
(Forssk.) Hitchc.
Sorghum controversum
(Steud.) Snowden
Sorghum miliaceum
(Roxb.) Snowden
Sorghum miliaceum
(Roxb.) Snowden var.
parvispicula
Snowden
Andropogon controversus
Steud.
Andropogon miliformis
Schult.
Andropogon miliaceus
Roxb.
Andropogon halepensis
(L.) Brot. var.
halepensis
Sorghum miliaceum
(Roxb.) Snowden var.
miliaceum
No images
Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Bor, N. L.
1960. The grasses of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Burkart, A. E., ed.
1969-. Flora ilustrada de Entre Rios.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 49.
Davis, P. H., ed.
1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
de Wet, J. M. J.
1978. Systematics and evolution of
Sorghum
sect.
Sorghum
(Gramineae). Amer. J. Bot. 65:478.
URL:
http://www.amjbot.org
Demilly, D. et al.
1996. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 6.
Note:
GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France
Dillon, S. L. et al.
2004.
Sorghum laxiflorum
and
S. macrospermum
, the Australian native species most closely related to the cultivated
S. bicolor
based on ITS1 and ndhF sequence analysis of 25
Sorghum
species. Pl. Syst. Evol. 149:233-246.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/606
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
Erhardt, W. et al.
2002. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Sorghum+halepense&quantity=1
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
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International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Note:
poisonous
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Lazarides, M. et al.
1991. Taxonomy, cytology, and ecology of indigenous Australian sorghums (
Sorghum
Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:603.
URL:
http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/151.htm
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1980. The tropical grasses of Southeast Asia
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1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
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1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Munro, D. B.
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URL:
http://www.cbif.gc.ca/pls/pp/poison?p_x=px
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1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
Parsons, W. T. & E. G. Cuthbertson.
1992. Noxious weeds of Australia Inkata Press, Melbourne, Australia.
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Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
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Price, H. J. et al.
2005. Genome evolution in the genus
Sorghum
. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 95:219-227.
URL:
http://aob.oxfordjournals.org/content/by/year
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Rollins, R. C. & I. A. Al-Shehbaz.
1986. Weeds of south-west Asia in North America with special reference to the Cruciferae. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 89B:297.
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
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1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Tzvelev, N. N.
1976. Zlaki SSSR
USDA National Agricultural Library.
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URL:
http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/johnsongrass.shtml
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/sorghum-halepense/fichas/pagina1.htm
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan.
1966-. Flora palaestina.
Zuloaga, F. O. et al.
1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Common names
English
Aleppo grass –
Reference(s)
evergreen millet –
Reference(s)
Johnsongrass –
Reference(s)
means grass –
Reference(s)
Afrikaans
Johnsongras –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
Johnson grass –
Reference(s)
French
herbe d'Alep –
Reference(s)
sorgho d'Alep –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
sorgho d’Alep –
Reference(s)
German
Aleppohirse –
Reference(s)
wilde Mohrenhirse –
Reference(s)
Italian
sorgagna –
Reference(s)
Spanish
cañota –
Reference(s)
hierba Johnson –
Reference(s)
sorgo de Aleppo –
Reference(s)
Swedish
ogräsdurra –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
shi mao –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Armenia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kazakhstan
s.
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Kyrgyzstan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Uzbekistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Jordan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Lebanon
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Turkey
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
4
Naturalized
natzd. in warm-temperate regions, incl. North America
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
,
Libya
Asia-Temperate
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
,
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Lebanon
,
Syria
,
Turkey
CAUCASUS:
Armenia
,
Azerbaijan
MIDDLE ASIA:
Kazakhstan
(s.),
Kyrgyzstan
,
Turkmenistan
,
Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Pakistan
Naturalized
(natzd. in warm-temperate regions, incl. North America)
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
forage
Lazarides, M. et al.
1991. Taxonomy, cytology, and ecology of indigenous Australian sorghums (
Sorghum
Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 4:603.
URL:
http://www.publish.csiro.au/nid/151.htm
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kingsbury, J. M.
1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Note:
poisonous
Vertebrate poisons
mammals
Kellerman, T. S. et al.
1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa
Note:
poisonous
Weed
Henderson, L.
2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
Weed
forms weedy hybrids with cultivated sorghum
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References