familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Panicoideae
genusSorghum
speciesSorghum bicolor
subspeciesSorghum bicolor subsp. ×drummondii
Sorghum bicolor subsp. ×drummondii
Common names: Chicken corn Sudangrass
Synonyms: Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii Sorghum sudanense Sorghum drummondii Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 25. Treatment on page 630.
Plants annual. Culms to 4 m, relatively stout. Rames usually tardily disarticulating, mostly with 3-5 nodes. Sessile spikelets 5-6 mm, lanceolate to elliptic. Caryopses not exposed at maturity.
Discussion
The hybrids treated here as Sorgum bicolor subsp. ×drummondii are most common in the Eastern Hemisphere, but a few are cultivated in the United States. Among these are the plants known as 'chicken corn' and 'Sudangrass' [= S. sudanense (Piper) Stapf] (de Wet 1978).
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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