Vascular Plants
Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)
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Poaceae Barnhart
Sorghum Moench , nom. cons. , scientific
Moench, C. (1794) , Methodus Plantas Horti Botanici et Agri Marburgensis
207
[tax. nov.]
Type:
Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench
nom. cons. (ref. I.C.B.N. (1988) No. 134b).
Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. (1812) , Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie
131
[secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882) , Systematic Census of Australian Plants
132
[taxonomic synonym]
taxonomic synonym of:
Andropogon L. nom. cons.
Bailey, F.M. (1913) , Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants
620
[secondary reference]
Black, J.M. (1943) , Flora of South Australia Edn. 2, 1
59
[secondary reference]
Etymology:
"Italian Sorgo ; medieval Latin surgum, suricum , probably from frumentum suricum (syriacum ) Syrian corn"
Gardner, C.A. (1952) , Gramineae. Flora of Western Australia 1(1)
314
[secondary reference]
Roberty, G.E. (July 1960) , Monographie systématique des Andropogonées du globe. Boissiera 9
296-314
[secondary reference]
Vickery, J.W. (1961) , Gramineae. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium, Flora Series 19(1)
29-33
[secondary reference]
Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962) , Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains
518
[secondary reference]
Burbidge, N.T. & Gray, M. (1970) , Flora of the Australian Capital Territory
72
[secondary reference]
Cronquist, A.J. (1981) , An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants
1145
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981) , Plants of New South Wales
53
[secondary reference]
Lazarides, M. in Jessop, J.P. (ed.) (1981) , Gramineae (Poaceae). Flora of Central Australia
491
[secondary reference]
Bennett, E.M. in Marchant, N.G., Wheeler, J.R., Rye, B.L., Bennett, E.M., Lander, N.S. & Macfarlane, T.D. (1987) , Poaceae. Flora of the Perth Region 2
988
[secondary reference]
Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989) , Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3
250
[secondary reference]
Lazarides, M., Hacker, J.B. & Andrew, M.H. (29 November 1991) , Taxonomy of indigenous Australian sorghums (Sorghum Moench: Andropogoneae: Poaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 4(4)
604
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sarga Ewart legitimate
Brummitt, R.K. (1992) , Vascular Plant Families and Genera
383
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sarga Ewart legitimate
Lazarides, M., Quinn, F. & Palmer, J. in Wheeler, J.R. (ed.) (1992) , Sorghum. Flora of the Kimberley Region
1219
[secondary reference]
Du Puy, D.J., Telford, I.R.H. & Edgar, E. (1993) , Poaceae. Flora of Australia 50
504
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & McClay, K.L. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993) , Sorghum. Flora of New South Wales 4
435
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sorghum [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994) , Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49
495
[secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994) , Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2
619
[secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002) , Flora of the South West 1
434
[secondary reference]
Spangler, R.E. (28 June 2003) , Taxonomy of Sarga, Sorghum and Vacoparis (Poaceae: Andropogoneae). Australian Systematic Botany 16(3)
295
[secondary reference]
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008) , Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4
88 (fig.), 96 (fig.), 98 (fig.), 371-372
[secondary reference]
common name:
Sorghum [n/a]
Etymology:
"from an Italian name for a crop variety of Sorghum"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008) , Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3
808
[secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sorgum Adans. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Sarga Ewart legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Vacoparis Spangler legitimate
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021) , Australian Plant Census
-
[secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym:
Sorgum Adans. nom. rej.
taxonomic synonym:
Sarga Ewart legitimate
taxonomic synonym:
Sorghum sect. Chrysosorghum Roberty nom. inval.
taxonomic synonym:
Vacoparis Spangler legitimate
APC Comment:
Sarga and Vacoparis are recognised as distinct taxa in Qld.
APC Dist.:
WA (native and naturalised), CoI (naturalised), ChI (native and naturalised), NT (native and naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (native and naturalised), NSW (native and naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (native and naturalised), Vic (native and naturalised), Tas (doubtfully naturalised)
