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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-443283, with some changes.

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Sorghum (family Poaceae).

The record derives from WCSP which reports it as an accepted name (record 443283) with original publication details: Methodus 207 1794.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67948-3.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Agrostis nigricans (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon besseri Kunth	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon bicolor (L.) Roxb.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon caffrorum (Thunb.) Kunth	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon compactus Brot.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon dulcis Burm.f.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon niger (Ard.) Kunth	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon rubens Kunth [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon saccharatrus Kunth	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon saccharatus (L.) Raspail	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. abyssinicum Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. albofuscus Koen.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. ankolib Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. arabicus Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. bicarinatus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolor (L.) Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolor (L.) Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. burmanicus G.T.Benson & Subba Rao	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. cafer (Ard.) Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. cafer (Ard.) Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. caudatus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. cernuus (Ard.) Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. cernuus Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. corymbosus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. dochna (Forssk.) C.Chr.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. durra (Forssk.) Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. elegans Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. elegans Körn. ex K. Schum.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. eois Burkart ex Benson & Subba Rao	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. globosus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. hians Hook.f.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. irungu G.T.Benson & Subba Rao	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. leiostachyus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. miliformis (Hack.) Hook. f.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. miliiformis Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. neesii Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. nervosus (Besser ex Schult.) Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. niger (Ard.) Koern. & Wern.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. nitidus Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. obovatus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. obovatus (Hack.) Hook. f.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum f. pallidus Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. pulcher G.T.Benson & Subba Rao	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. rubens (Willd.) Alef.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. rubrocermuus Körn. ex Schweinf.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. rubrocernuus Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. rufescens Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatum (L.) Alef.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatus (L.) Körn.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatus Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sativus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. sativus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. schenkii Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. schimperi Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. splendidus Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. subglabrescens (Steud.) Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. subglobosus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. submuticus Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. technicus Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. technicus (Körn.) Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. truchmenorum (K. Koch) Koern. & Wern.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. usorum (Nees) Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. usorum (Nees) Hack.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgaris (Pers.) Stapf ex Hook. f.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. wightii (Hack.) Hook. f.	Synonym		TRO
Andropogon sorghum var. wrightii Hack.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon sorghum var. yemensis Körn.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon subglabrescens Steud.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon truchmenorum Walp.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon usorum Steud.	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon vulgare (Pers.) Balansa	Synonym		WCSP
Andropogon vulgaris Raspail	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus albus Steud. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus arduinii J.F.Gmel.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus bicolor L.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus cafer Ard.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus caffrorum (Retz.) Thunb.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus cernuus Ard.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus cernuus Muhl.	Synonym		TRO
Holcus cernuus Willd.	Synonym		TRO
Holcus compactus Lam.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus dochna Forssk.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus dora Mieg	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus duna J.F.Gmel. [Spelling variant]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus durra Forssk.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus ferrugineus Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus niger Ard.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus nigerrimus Ard. [Spelling variant]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus nigricans Steud. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus pyramidalis Steud. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus rubens Gaertn.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus saccharatus var. technicus (Körn.) Farw.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus sorghum L.	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus sorghum Brot.	Synonym		TRO
Holcus sorghum var. caffrorum (Thunb.) L.H.Bailey	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus sorghum var. durra (Forssk.) L.H.Bailey	Synonym		WCSP
Holcus sorghum var. technicus (Körn.) L.H.Bailey	Synonym		WCSP
Milium bicolor (L.) Cav.	Synonym		WCSP
Milium compactum (Lam.) Cav.	Synonym		WCSP
Milium maximum Cav.	Synonym		WCSP
Milium nigricans Ruiz & Pav.	Synonym		WCSP
Milium sorghum (L.) Cav.	Synonym		WCSP
Milium sorgo Garsault [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Panicum caffrorum Retz.	Synonym		WCSP
Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Rhaphis sorghum (L.) Roberty	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum abyssinicum (Hack.) Chiov. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum album Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum ankolib (Hack.) Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum anomalum Desv.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum arduinii (Gmel.) J.Jacq.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. atropaniculata Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum f. eburneum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum f. jodolepis Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum f. leucolepis Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. microcarpum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. pallescens Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. paniculatellum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. pseudoanfetum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. rubellum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. rubrogeminum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basiplicatum var. subflavescens Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum basutorum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum bicolor var. bicolor	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum bicolor var. cafer (Körn.) Fosberg & Sachet	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum (Retz.) Mohlenbr.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. cernuum (Ard.) Ghi?a	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. exaristatum Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. miliiforme (Hack.) Teplyak.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. obovatum (Hack.) Fosberg & Sachet	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. rotundulum (Snowden) Fosberg & Sachet	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. saccharatum Mehrotra, Aswal & B.S. Bisht	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum bicolor var. sikkimense (Snowden) Teplyak.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. subglabrescens (Steud.) Fosberg & Sachet	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum bicolor var. subglobosum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum bicolor var. technicum (Körn.) Stapf ex Holland	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caffrorum (Retz.) P.Beauv.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caffrorum var. albofuscum (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caffrorum var. bicarinatum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caffrorum var. neesii (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum campanum Ten. & Guss.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum (Hack.) Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum var. angolense (Rendle) Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum var. aristatum Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum var. caudatum	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum caudatum var. coffeatum Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum var. dicarpum Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum caudatum var. hackelii (Chiov.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum caudatum var. purpureum Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. alborubrum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. dubium Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. ellipsoideum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. erythromelas Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. faregg Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. globosum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. incertum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. pallidocernuum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. perlarium Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. pseudoneesii Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. sabderatense Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. subcarneum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum centroplicatum var. tricolor Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum cernuum var. globosum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum cernuum var. truchmenorum (Klokov) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum cernuum var. yemense (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum chinense Jakusch. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum commune P.Beauv. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum compactum Lag.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum conspicuum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum coriaceum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna (Forssk.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. atrum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. burmanicum (Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. corymbosum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. dochna	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum dochna var. formosum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. irungu (Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. melliferum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. obovatum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. pulchrum (Burk. ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. technicum (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dochna var. wrightii (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum doncha var. wightii (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum dora (Mieg) Cuoco	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dulcicaule Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dulcicaule var. griseo-lilacinum Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum dura Griseb.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum durra (Forssk.) Batt. & Trab.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum durra (Forssk.) Stapf	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum durra var. elongatum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum durra var. eois (Burk. ex Benson & Subba Rao) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum durra var. erythrocarpum (Chiov.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum durra var. fiorii (Chiov.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum durra var. fuscum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum durra var. melanoleucum (Chiov.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum elegans (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. cereum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum f. dichrolepis Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. erythrocarpum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. fiorii Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum f. geminatum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. hackelii Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. heterochromum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum f. laxum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. melanoleucum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum eplicatum var. virescens Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum exsertum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum gambicum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum giganteum Edgew.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum glabrescens (Steud.) Schweinf. & Asch.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum glycychylum Pass.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum guineense Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum japonicum (Hack.) Roshev.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum margaritiferum Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum medioplicatum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum melaleucum Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum melanocarpum Huber	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum mellitum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum membranaceum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum membranaceum var. baldratianum Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum miliiforme (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum miliiforme var. rotundulum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum miliiforme var. sikkimense Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nankinense Huber	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nervosum Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nervosum Chiov. [Spelling variant]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nigericum P.Vig. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nigricans (Ruiz & Pav.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nigricans var. angolense (Rendle) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum nigrum (Ard.) Roem. & Schult.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum notabile Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum pallidum Chiov. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum papyrascens Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum pyramidale Roem. & Schult. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum rigidum Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum rollii Chiov.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum roxburghii var. hians (Hook.f.) Stapf	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum rubens Willd. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum Host	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Pers.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum saccharatum var. atrum (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. bicolor (L.) Kerguélen	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. burmanicum (Burk. ex Benson & Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. corymbosum (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. formosum (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. giganteum Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. irungu (Burk. ex Benson & Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. melliferum (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. obovatum (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. papyraceum Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. pulchrum (Burk. ex Benson & Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. rubens (Kunth) Nees	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. technicum (Körn.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. vulgare (Pers.) Kuntze	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum saccharatum var. wightii (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum sativum (Hack.) Batt. & Trab.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum schimperi (Hack.) Chiov. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum simulans Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum sorghum (L.) H.Karst. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum splendidum (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum subglabrescens (Steud.) Schweinf. & Asch.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum subglabrescens var. arabicum (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum subglabrescens var. microcarpum (Chiov.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum subglabrescens var. rubrocernuum (Körn.) Snowden	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum subglabrescens var. schimperi (Hack.) Snowden	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum tataricum Huber	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum technicum (Körn.) Batt. & Trab.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum technicum (Körn.) Roshev.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum truchmenorum K.Koch	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum usorum Nees	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare Pers. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. angolense Rendle	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare subsp. bicolor (L.) Maire & Weiller	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor (L.) Pers.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. bicolor (L.) Eaton & Wright	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum vulgare var. caffrorum (Retz.) F.T.Hubb. & Rehder	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. caudatum (Hack.) A.F. Hill	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum vulgare var. cernuum (Ard.) Fiori & Paoli	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. durra (Forssk.) F.T.Hubb. & Rehder	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. nervosum (Besser ex Schult.) Forbes & Hemsl.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. nigricans (Ruiz & Pav.) Hill	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. rubens (Gaertn.) Pers.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum vulgare var. subglabrescens (Steud.) A.F. Hill	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum vulgare var. technicum (Körn.) Jáv.	Synonym		WCSP
Sorghum vulgare var. technicum (Körn.) Fiori & Paol.	Synonym		TRO
Sorghum vulgare var. vulgare	Synonym		TRO