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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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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Andropogon sorghum var. arduiniiName author: (J.F.Gmel.) Alef.
Andropogon sorghum var. bicarinatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolorName author: (L.) Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. bicolorName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. burmanicusName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum var. caferName author: (Ard.) Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. calcareusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. campanusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. caudatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. cernuusName author: (Ard.) Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. charisianusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. corymbosusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. densissimusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. dochnaName author: (Forssk.) C.Chr.
Andropogon sorghum var. durraName author: (Forssk.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. effususName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. ehrenbergianusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. elegansName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. elegansName author: Körn. ex K.Schum.
Andropogon sorghum var. eoisName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum var. fulvusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. glaberrimusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. globosusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. hiansName author: Hook.f.
Andropogon sorghum var. hirsutusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. hybridusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. intermediusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. irunguName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum var. javanicusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. jucundusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. kerstingianusName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. lasiorhachisName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. leiostachyusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. leucospermusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. melanospermusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. miliiformisName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. neesiiName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. nervosusName author: (Besser ex Schult. & Schult.f.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. nitidusName author: Chiov.
Andropogon sorghum var. obovatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. ondongaeName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. ovatoellipticusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. ovuliferName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. pulcherName author: Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao
Andropogon sorghum var. roxburghiiName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. rubensName author: (Willd.) Alef.
Andropogon sorghum var. rubrocermuusName author: Körn. ex Schweinf.
Andropogon sorghum var. rubrocernuusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. rufescensName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. rugulosusName author: Hack.

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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