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Sorghum bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii

(Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse (1993)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Sorghum

Description

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Historical Distribution

Synonyms (38)

Andropogon drummondii Nees (1855)
Andropogon halepensis subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Suess. (1936)
Andropogon halepensis var. sudanensis (Piper) Suess. (1935)
Andropogon sorghum subsp. hewisonii Piper (1915)
Andropogon sorghum subsp. niloticus Piper (1915)
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sudanensis Piper (1915)
Andropogon sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack. (1889)
Andropogon sorghum var. nitens Busse & Pilg. (1902)
Andropogon sorghum var. transiens Hack. (1889)
Andropogon × drummondii Nees ex Steud. (1854)
Andropogon × sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman (1923)
Holcus sorghum subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Hitchc. (1916)
Holcus sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hitchc. (1916)
Holcus sorghum var. transiens (Hack.) Honda (1926)
Holcus × sudanensis (Piper) L.H.Bailey (1923)
Sorghum arundinaceum (Misapplied) (Desv.) Stapf (1917)
Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse (1993)
Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr. (1973)
Sorghum bicolor var. transiens (Hack.) Fosberg & Sachet (1984)
Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum sudanense
Sorghum drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase (1903)
Sorghum halepense var. sudanense (Piper) Soó (1951)
Sorghum saccharatum var. sudanense (Piper) Kerguélen (1975)
Sorghum sudanense
Sorghum sudanese
Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Chiov. (1916)
Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc. (1927)
Sorghum × annuum Trab. (1895)
Sorghum × aterrimum Stapf (1917)
Sorghum × aterrimum var. angustum Snowden (1935)
Sorghum × aterrimum var. transiens (Hack.) Snowden (1935)
Sorghum × drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase (1903)
Sorghum × elliotii Stapf (1917)
Sorghum × hewisonii (Piper) Longley (1932)
Sorghum × niloticum (Piper) Snowden (1955)
Sorghum × niloticum var. kavirondense Snowden (1955)
Sorghum × nitens (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden (1935)
Sorghum × sudanense (Piper) Stapf (1917)

Uses and Culture

USES

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Only found in cultivation
O'ahu Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents

Water/Ocean

Pollinators

Bibliography

Name Published In: Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45: 1258 (1993)

Other References

Herbst & Clayton 1998:35 (NEWNAT/O, L, H?, as S. × drummondii [single cult. spm.], KEY); Snow & Lau 2010:56 (NEWNAT/H, [as S. arundinaceum], DESCR); Faccenda 2023c:141 (K, H nat. confirmed, S. arundinaceum misapplied = S. × drummondii); De Wet 1978:481/Faccenda 2025b:124 (Syn. S. × drummondii = S. bicolor nothosubsp. drummondii); Munro 475 BISH (L†, 1929)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
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