Sorghum

 

A New Latin form of Italian sorgo.

Sorghum n

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Poaceae – sorghums, including important food crop species.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order; Poaceae – family; Panicoideae - subfamily; Sacchareae - tribe; Sorghinae - subtribe

• (genus): Sorghum bicolor – type species; Sorghum amplum, Sorghum angustum, Sorghum arunidinaceum, Sorghum brachypodum, Sorghum bulbosum, Sorghum burmahicum, Sorghum controversum, Sorghum ecarinatum, Sorghum exstans, Sorghum grande, Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass), Sorghum interjectum, Sorghum intrans, Sorghum laxiflorum, Sorghum leiocladum, Sorghum macrospermum, Sorghum matarankense, Sorghum miliaceum, Sorghum nitidum, Sorghum plumosum, Sorghum propinquum, Sorghum purpureosericeum, Sorghum stipoideum, Sorghum timorense, Sorghum trichocladum, Sorghum versicolor, Sorghum virgatum – other species
  • Sorghum x almum, Sorghum x drummondii, Sorghum x randolphianum – nothospecies

•   Sorghum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Sorghum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
•   Sorghum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sorghum at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sorghum at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Sorghum at USDA Plants database
• Sorghum at The Plant List

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Sorghum n (strong, genitive Sorghums, plural Sorghume)

1. sorghum (a kind of plant by genus)

   Synonym: Sorghumhirse

   Hypernym: Süßgras

• “Sorghum” in Duden online
• “Sorghum” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache