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Black Sudan grass
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Grasses & bamboos

Black Sudan grass

Sorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishBlack Sudan grass
DutchKafferkoren
SpanishSorgo
Chinese苇狀高粱
Scientific nameSorghum arundinaceum (Desv.) Stapf

About this species

Sorghum arundinaceum, the common wild sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to Sub‑Saharan Africa, Madagascar, many of the Indian Ocean islands, and the Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to northern South America, the US states of California and Florida, Puerto Rico, Taiwan, New Guinea, and a number of smaller islands worldwide. It is the wild progenitor of cultivated sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, with some authorities considering it to be a mere variety or subspecies; Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum, or Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusSorghum

In Suriname

2Records in Suriname
1984First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Paramaribo1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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