Sorghum bicolor
A species in the Poaceae family, accepted in the World Flora Online Plant List, June 2026 edition.
View the source recordBotanical classification
Follow a genus or family to explore its other accepted species.
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.
423 synonyms in this snapshot · page 8 of 9
- Sorghum roxburghii var. farinosumName author: Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. fulvumName author: (Hack.) Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. hiansName author: (Hook.f.) Stapf
- Sorghum roxburghii var. hirsutumName author: (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. jucundumName author: (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. mutabileName author: Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. nanumName author: Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. parvumName author: Snowden
- Sorghum roxburghii var. semiclausumName author: Stapf
- Sorghum rubensName author: Willd.
- Sorghum saccharatumName author: (L.) Moench
- Sorghum saccharatum var. atrumName author: (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. bicolorName author: (L.) Kerguélen
- Sorghum saccharatum var. burmanicumName author: (Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. corymbosumName author: (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. formosumName author: (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. giganteumName author: Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. irunguName author: (Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. melliferumName author: (Snowden) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. obovatumName author: (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. papyraceumName author: Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. pulchrumName author: (Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. rubensName author: (Kunth) Nees
- Sorghum saccharatum var. technicumName author: (Körn.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum saccharatum var. vulgareName author: Kuntze
- Sorghum saccharatum var. wightiiName author: (Hack.) Doronina & Ivanjuk.
- Sorghum sativumName author: (Hack.) Trab.
- Sorghum schimperiName author: (Hack.) Chiov.
- Sorghum simulansName author: Snowden
- Sorghum somalienseName author: Snowden
- Sorghum sorghumName author: H.Karst.
- Sorghum splendidumName author: (Hack.) Snowden
- Sorghum stapfiiName author: (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch.
- Sorghum subglabrescensName author: (Steud.) Schweinf. & Asch.
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. arabicumName author: (Körn.) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. latumName author: Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. microcarpumName author: (Chiov.) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. oviformeName author: Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. pabulareName author: Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. paniculatellumName author: (Chiov.) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. rubidumName author: (Burkill ex C.Benson & C.K.Subba Rao) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. rubrocernuumName author: (Körn.) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. rugulosumName author: (Hack.) Snowden
- Sorghum subglabrescens var. schimperiName author: (Hack.) Snowden
- Sorghum tataricumName author: Huber
- Sorghum technicumName author: (Körn.) Trab.
- Sorghum technicumName author: (Körn.) Batt. & Trab.
- Sorghum thonizziName author: Pasq.
- Sorghum truchmenorumName author: K.Koch
- Sorghum usambarenseName author: Snowden
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.
Read the directory’s scope