ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Sorghum bicolor

Name author: (L.) Moench

A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.

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01 / PLACE IN THE PLANT WORLD

Botanical classification

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Plant group: Angiosperms · flowering plants
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sorghum
Species: Sorghum bicolor
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1794

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Synonyms & earlier names

Names that this release treats as synonyms of Sorghum bicolor. These are scientific names, not a list of cultivars or common names.

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Agrostis nigricansName author: (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir.
Andropogon afrorumName author: Kunth
Andropogon arundinaceusName author: Willd.
Andropogon arundinaceus var. effususName author: Hack.
Andropogon besseriName author: Kunth
Andropogon bicolorName author: (L.) Roxb.
Andropogon caffrorumName author: Kunth
Andropogon compactusName author: Brot.
Andropogon halepensis var. astoloniferName author: Vanderyst
Andropogon halepensis var. congoensisName author: Vanderyst
Andropogon halepensis var. kinshasanensisName author: Vanderyst
Andropogon nigerName author: (Ard.) Kunth
Andropogon rubensName author: (Gaertn.) Kunth
Andropogon saccharatrusName author: Kunth
Andropogon saccharatusName author: (L.) Roxb.
Andropogon sorghumName author: (L.) Brot.
Andropogon sorghum f. pallidusName author: Chiov.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. abyssinicusName author: Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. effususName author: (Hack.) Hitchc.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sativusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. verticilliflorusName author: (Steud.) Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. vogelianusName author: Piper
Andropogon sorghum subvar. aristatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. badiusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. brevearistatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. fragilisName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. fuscescensName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum subvar. glabrescensName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. holstiiName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. japonicusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. leiostachyusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. lividusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. longearistatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. nigerName author: (Ard.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. rubensName author: (Alef.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. ruberName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum subvar. rubidusName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum subvar. splendidusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. submuticusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. sulfureusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. abyssinicumName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. aegyptiacusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. aethiopicusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. aethiopsName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. aferName author: (Ard.) Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. albofuscusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. albusName author: Alef.
Andropogon sorghum var. amphibolusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. ankolibName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. arabicusName author: Körn.

About this record

Source: World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026, published June 21, 2026. Taxonomic data is available under CC0. Acceptance, synonymy, and family placement reflect this release and may change with later research. A missing extinction flag is not evidence of a species’ conservation status. Photographs, where available, are separately credited botanical references. This record does not supply cut-flower availability or a guaranteed care schedule.

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