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. saccharatusName author: (L.) Alef.
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. saccharatusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. sativusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. schenkiiName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. schimperiName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. schumanniiName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. splendidusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. subglabrescensName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. subglobosusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. submuticusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. technicusName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. truchmenorumName author: (K.Koch) Koern. & Wern.
Andropogon sorghum var. usaramensisName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. usorumName author: (Nees) Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. usorumName author: (Nees) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgarisName author: Stapf ex Hook.f.
Andropogon sorghum var. vulgarisName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. wightiiName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. yemensisName author: Körn.
Andropogon sorghum var. ziegleriName author: Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon stapfiiName author: Hook.f.
Andropogon subglabrescensName author: Steud.
Andropogon truchmenorumName author: Walp.
Andropogon usorumName author: Steud.
Andropogon verticilliflorusName author: Steud.
Andropogon vulgareName author: (Pers.) Balansa
Andropogon vulgarisName author: Raspail
Holcus aferName author: Ard.
Holcus afrorumName author: (Retz.) Thunb.
Holcus albusName author: Steud.
Holcus arduinoiName author: J.F.Gmel.
Holcus bicolorName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Holcus caffrorumName author: (Retz.) Thunb.
Holcus cernuusName author: Ard.
Holcus compactusName author: Lam.
Holcus dochnaName author: Forssk.
Holcus doraName author: Mieg
Holcus dunaName author: J.F.Gmel.
Holcus durraName author: Forssk.
Holcus ferrugineusName author: Schrad. ex Roem. & Schult.
Holcus nigerName author: Ard.
Holcus nigerrimusName author: Ard.
Holcus nigricansName author: Steud.
Holcus pyramidalisName author: Steud.
Holcus rubensName author: Gaertn.
Holcus saccharatusName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Holcus saccharatus var. technicusName author: (Körn.) Farw.
Holcus sorghumName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Holcus sorghum subsp. verticilliflorusName author: (Steud.) Hitchc.

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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