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Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies
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Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies

Sorghum

Sorghum is a genus of flowering plants in the grass family Poaceae. Seventeen of the twenty-five species are native to Australia, with the range of some extending to Africa, Asia, Mesoamerica, and certain islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

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27 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Johnson grass

speciesSorghum halepense

Sorghum

speciesSorghum bicolor

wild sorghum

speciesSorghum leiocladum

Sorghum nitidum

speciesSorghum nitidum

Sorghum plumosum

speciesSorghum plumosum

Black Wild Sorghum

speciesSorghum versicolor

Sorghum intrans

speciesSorghum intrans

Columbus grass

hybridSorghum bicolor × halepense

Sorghum virgatum

speciesSorghum virgatum

Sorghum laxiflorum

speciesSorghum laxiflorum

Sorghum propinquum

speciesSorghum propinquum

Timor sorghum

speciesSorghum timorense

Sorghum stipoideum

speciesSorghum stipoideum

False Sorghum

speciesSorghum sorghoides

Sorghum angustum

speciesSorghum angustum

Sorghum trichocladum

speciesSorghum trichocladum

Sorghum ecarinatum

speciesSorghum ecarinatum

Sorghum bulbosum

speciesSorghum bulbosum

Sorghum brachypodum

speciesSorghum brachypodum

Sorghum interjectum

speciesSorghum interjectum

Sorghum macrospermum

speciesSorghum macrospermum

Sorghum amplum

speciesSorghum amplum

Sorghum matarankense

speciesSorghum matarankense

Sorghum burmahicum

speciesSorghum burmahicum

Sorghum controversum

speciesSorghum controversum

Sorghum exstans

speciesSorghum exstans

Sorghum grande

speciesSorghum grande

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in De medicinali materia libri sex

De medicinali materia libri sex

Dioscorides · 1552 · p.258

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.805

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants

Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.803

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in On Medical Materials in Six Books

On Medical Materials in Six Books

Dioscorides · 1550 · p.250

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in A New Herbal, or History of Plants

A New Herbal, or History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens (trans. Henry Lyte) · 1578 · p.491

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Six Groups of the History of Plants

Six Groups of the History of Plants

Rembert Dodoens · 1583 · p.520

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

Compendium of Materia Medica: Illustrated Volume Middle of Middle

李時珍 · 1596 · p.42

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Hortus Eystettensis

Hortus Eystettensis

Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.366

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.62

Johnsongrasses, milos, sudangrasses, and allies in Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

Zhiwu Mingshi Tukao (Vol. 1)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.94

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 58388.