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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Dataset
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Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Poales
family
Poaceae
genus
Sorghum
species
Sorghum bicolor

Name

Synonyms
? pulchrum Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Agrostis nigricans (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir.
Andropogon besseri Kunth
Andropogon bicolor (L.) Roxb.
Andropogon caffrorum (Thunb.) Kunth
Andropogon compactus Brot.
Andropogon niger (Ard.) Kunth
Andropogon rubens (Gaertn.) Kunth
Andropogon saccharatrus Kunth
Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Raspail
Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Roxb.
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot.
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Roxb.
Andropogon sorghum f. pallidus Chiov.
Andropogon sorghum f. vulgaris Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sativus Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. abyssinicus Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. aegyptiacus Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. aethiops Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. agricolarum Burkill
Homonyms
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
Sorghum bicolor Kuntze
Sorghum bicolor Forssk.
Common names
Almindelig durra in Danish
Capim-massambará in Portuguese
Dvispalvis sorgas in Lithuanian
Giant-millet in English
Gran-millet in French
Great Millet in English
Great-millet in English
Massambará in Portuguese
Milho-da-guiné in Portuguese
Milho-sorgo in Portuguese
Millet à balai in French
Millet-corn in English
Mohrenhirse in German
Qaraboċċ in Maltese
Rhodesian Sudan grass in English
Sorgho in French
Sorgho bicolore in French
Sorgho commun in French
Sorgho-sucré in French
Sorghum in English
Sorgo in Portuguese
Sorgo-cafre in Portuguese
Sorgo-das-vassouras in Portuguese
Sorgo-de-espiga in Portuguese
Sorgo-de-vassoura in Portuguese
Sorgo-doce in Portuguese
Sorgo-negro-da-áfrica in Portuguese
Süpürge darisi in Turkish
Zweifarbige Mohrenhirse in German
black amber in language.
broom-corn in language.
broomcorn in language.
bókoló cirok in Hungarian
chicken corn in language.
cirok in Hungarian
great millet in English
harilik sorgo in Estonian
shatter cane in language.
shattercane in language.
sorghum in English
sorghum in language.
tönkölykása in Hungarian
wild cane in language.
수수 in language.
Kafferkoren in Dutch
durra in Swedish
sorgho commun in French
sorghum in English
Kvastdurra in Swedish
broomcorn in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Aronsson, Mora (2004) Thomas Karlssons Kärlväxtlista
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