ACCEPTED FLOWERING SPECIES

Sorghum halepense

Name author: (L.) Pers.

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 halepense
Taxonomic status: Accepted in this release
Name publication year: 1805

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Synonyms & earlier names

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

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Andropogon avenaceusName author: Kunth
Andropogon crupinaName author: (Link) Kunth
Andropogon decoloransName author: (Willd.) Kunth
Andropogon dubitatusName author: Steud.
Andropogon dubiusName author: K.Koch ex B.D.Jacks.
Andropogon halepensisName author: (L.) Brot.
Andropogon halepensis subsp. anatherusName author: Piper
Andropogon halepensis subsp. muticusName author: (Hack.) Piper
Andropogon halepensis var. anatherusName author: Piper
Andropogon halepensis var. effususName author: Stapf
Andropogon halepensis var. genuinusName author: Stapf
Andropogon halepensis var. muticusName author: (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn.
Andropogon miliaceusName author: Roxb.
Andropogon miliformisName author: Schult.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. exiguusName author: (Forssk.) Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. halepenseName author: (L.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. halepensisName author: (L.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. genuinusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. leiocladusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. muticusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum subvar. trachycladusName author: Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. exiguumName author: (Forssk.) Piper
Andropogon sorghum var. halepensisName author: (L.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. perennisName author: Bertoni
Andropogon tumbuckianusName author: Roxb. ex Kunth
Blumenbachia halepensisName author: (L.) Koeler
Holcus decoloransName author: Willd.
Holcus exiguusName author: Forssk.
Holcus halepensisName author: Carl Linnaeus (L.)
Holcus sorghum subsp. exiguusName author: (Forssk.) Hitchc.
Milium halepenseName author: (L.) Cav.
Rhaphis halepensisName author: (L.) Roberty
Sorghum crupinaName author: Link
Sorghum decolorName author: P.Beauv.
Sorghum decoloransName author: (Willd.) Roem. & Schult.
Sorghum dubiumName author: K.Koch
Sorghum halepense f. halepenseName author: Not supplied
Sorghum halepense f. muticumName author: (Hack.) C.E.Hubb.
Sorghum halepense var. coloratumName author: Goiran
Sorghum halepense var. crupinaName author: (Link) Steud.
Sorghum halepense var. genuinumName author: Hack.
Sorghum halepense var. halepenseName author: Not supplied
Sorghum halepense var. lasiostachyumName author: Goiran
Sorghum halepense var. latifoliumName author: Willk.
Sorghum halepense var. majusName author: Goiran
Sorghum halepense var. minusName author: Goiran
Sorghum halepense var. muticumName author: (Hack.) Grossh.
Sorghum halepense var. muticumName author: (Hack. ex D.C.) Parodi
Sorghum halepense var. schreberiName author: (Ten.) Nyman
Sorghum miliaceumName author: (Roxb.) 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.

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