Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, Methodus 207 1794. (Syn: Agrostis nigricans (Ruiz & Pav.) Poir. ………..; Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brot. ………………………………………………………….; Andropogon subglabrescens Steud. ……..; Holcus albus Steud. [Invalid] …………………………………….; Milium bicolor (L.) Cav. …………; Panicum caffrorum Retz.; Panicum frumentaceum Salisb. [Illegitimate]; Rhaphis sorghum (L.) Roberty; Sorghum abyssinicum (Hack.) Chiov. [Illegitimate] ………….; Sorghum basiplicatum Chiov. …………………….; Sorghum basutorum Snowden; Sorghum bicolor subsp. bicolor …………………………….; Sorghum caffrorum (Retz.) P.Beauv. …; Sorghum campanum Ten. & Guss.; Sorghum caudatum (Hack.) Stapf ……………….; Sorghum centroplicatum Chiov. ……………………….; Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host ….; Sorghum chinense Jakusch. [Invalid] ………………; Sorghum dochna (Forssk.) Snowden …………………..; Sorghum dora (Mieg) Cuoco ……..; Sorghum durra (Forssk.) Stapf …………….; Sorghum elegans (Körn.) Snowden; Sorghum eplicatum Chiov. …………..; Sorghum exsertum Snowden ………………..; Sorghum miliiforme (Hack.) Snowden …..; Sorghum nankinense Huber ……………………; Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Pers. ………………………….; Sorghum sativum (Hack.) Batt. & Trab. …………………….; Sorghum vulgare Pers. [Illegitimate] ……………………………); . Africa, Indian Subcontinent: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central African Repu, Chad, Congo, East Himalaya, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., India, Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rodrigues, Rwanda, Réunion, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, West Himalaya, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe; Introduced into: Afghanistan, Alabama, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Arizona, Arkansas, Aruba, Assam, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Canary Is., Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Cocos (Keeling) Is., Colombia, Colorado, Comoros, Connecticut, Cook Is., Corse, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, District of Columbia, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Aegean Is., Ecuador, El Salvador, Fiji, Florida, France, French Guiana, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Guatemala, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf States, Guyana, Haiti, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Leeward Is., Libya, Louisiana, Madeira, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Marianas, Marshall Is., Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Nicaragua, Niue, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Pennsylvania, Peru, Pitcairn Is., Portugal, Primorye, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Samoa, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Society Is., Solomon Is., South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Sweden, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tonga, Transcaucasus, Trinidad-Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Wake I., Washington, Windward Is., Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia as per POWO; . Common name: Jowar, Sudan Grass • Hindi: जौवार, जवार् Jowar • Marathi: जोवारी Jowari • Mizo: Fai-sa .
tall grass ID from Hooghly 24/6/12 SK: species : UNKNOWN Habit and habitat : 6 feet or little more, cultivated species, looks somewhat like maize plant Date : 23/6/12, 2.10 p.m. Place : Hooghly, West Bengal Looks like Coix lacryma-jobi I think, attached image is not of Coix but may be of Sorghrum sp. Yes i agree with … It may be a Sorghum vulgare cultivar. I have recorded more images of this grass today (26-June-2012). The data i could collect from local –
Attaching the newly recorded images. This is a much used fodder in our area known as “Jowar” definitely Sorghum vulgare …as suggested.. Thank you very much …, attaching some more photographs in my next mail, following immediately. I have taken some more photos of the grass, today. Also attaching some more pics of another grass spike, collected by one of my friends from another place in Hooghly. This second set of photographs are prefixed as “set2”.
Sorghum vulgare Pers. is an illegitimate name and a synpnym of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. which is the correct name http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/record/kew-443727
Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae Sorghum bicolor from Hyderabd CS : Attachments (1). 2 posts by 2 authors. Sorgum bicolor
Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Sorghum bicolor from Delhi-GS106 : Attachments(3). 1 post by 1 author. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench. Syn: Sorghum vulgare Pers. Commonly cultivated as Jowar crop, photographed from Delhi    Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week :: Poaceae » ¿ Sorghum bicolor ? at Rajgurunagar :: 29 MAY 10 02:44 :: DV44 : 2 images. 5 posts by 3 authors. Poaceae ¿ Sorghum bicolor ? Place, Altitude: Rajgurunagar, near Pune … about 2000 ft asl Yes it is.
ANAUG27 Poaceae (?) member for ID : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). This was planted in an apartment complex. Looks like Jowar plant. Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, a cultivated variety
Poaceae Crop for identification :: MK Jan001 : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4) Please help me to identify this Agricultural crop, its a kind of native Maize. Location: Erode district, TN Alt.: 200 M ASL Date: 29 Oct 2014 Likely to be Sorghum sp. The photograph uploaded seems to be a hybrid variety of Zea mays Yes. Sorghum bicolor. Sorghum bicolor . Poaceae For ID : Nasik : 10MAY22 : AK – 01: 5 images. Sorghum vulgare (fodder variety) . References: |
Sorghum bicolor
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