Common wild sorghum facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Common wild sorghum
Habit
Scientific classification
Genus:	Sorghum
Species:	arundinaceum
Synonyms
List Andropogon arundinaceus Willd. Andropogon sorghum subsp. abyssinicus Piper Andropogon sorghum var. aethiopicus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. aristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. breviaristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum var. effusus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. longiaristatus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subvar. submuticus Hack. Andropogon sorghum subsp. verticilliflorus (Steud.) Piper Andropogon sorghum subsp. vogelianus Piper Andropogon stapfii Hook.f. Andropogon verticilliflorus Steud. Rhaphis arundinacea Desv. Sorghum abyssinicum Stapf Sorghum aethiopicum (Hack.) Rupr. ex Stapf Sorghum bicolor var. arundinaceum (Desv.) de Wet & Huckabay Sorghum bicolor subsp. verticilliflorum (Steud.) de Wet ex Wiersema & J.Dahlb. Sorghum brevicarinatum Snowden Sorghum castaneum C.E.Hubb. & Snowden Sorghum lanceolatum Stapf Sorghum macrochaetum Snowden Sorghum panicoides Stapf Sorghum pugionifolium Snowden Sorghum somaliense Snowden Sorghum stapfii (Hook.f.) C.E.C.Fisch. Sorghum usambarense Snowden Sorghum verticilliflorum (Steud.) Stapf Sorghum vogelianum (Piper) Stapf

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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In Spanish: Sorghum arundinaceum para niños