Sorghum arundinaceum

Sorghum arundinaceum
Habit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Sorghum
Species:	S. arundinaceum
Binomial name
Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf
Synonyms[1]
List Andropogon arundinaceus Willd. Andropogon sorghum subsp. abyssinicus Piper Andropogon sorghum var. aethiopicus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. aristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. breviaristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum var. effusus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. longiaristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. submuticus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subsp. verticilliflorus (Steud.) Piper Andropogon sorghum subsp. vogelianus Piper Andropogon stapfii Hook.f. Andropogon verticilliflorus Steud. Rhaphis arundinacea Desv. Sorghum abyssinicum Stapf Sorghum aethiopicum (Hack.) Rupr. ex Stapf Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Huckabay Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb. Sorghum brevicarinatum Snowden Sorghum castaneum C.E.Hubb. & Snowden Sorghum lanceolatum Stapf Sorghum macrochaetum Snowden Sorghum panicoides Stapf Sorghum pugionifolium Snowden Sorghum somaliense Snowden Sorghum stapfii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. Sorghum usambarense Snowden Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.) Stapf Sorghum vogelianum (Piper) Stapf

Sorghum arundinaceum, the common wild sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[2] It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, and the Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to northern South America, the US states of California and Florida, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Guinea, and a number of smaller islands worldwide.[1] It is the wild progenitor of cultivated sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, with some authorities considering it to be a mere variety or subspecies; Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum, or Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum.[3][1]

References

1. "Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. Registry-Migration.Gbif.Org (2021). "Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. GBIF Secretariat. doi:10.15468/39omei. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
3. Cunniff, Jennifer; Osborne, Colin P.; Ripley, Brad S.; Charles, Michael; Jones, Glynis (2008). "Response of wild C₄ crop progenitors to subambient CO₂ highlights a possible role in the origin of agriculture". Global Change Biology. 14 (3): 576–587. Bibcode:2008GCBio..14..576C. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2486.2007.01515.x. S2CID 86252670.