Biology:Sorghum macrospermum
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Short description: Species of plant
| Sorghum macrospermum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Sorghum |
| Species: | S. macrospermum
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| Binomial name | |
| Sorghum macrospermum E.D.Garber
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Vacoparis macrosperma (E.D.Garber) Spangler | |
Sorghum macrospermum, the Katherine sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, endemic only to limestone outcrops in the Katherine River area of the Northern Territory of Australia.[1][2] A diploid, as a crop wild relative of Sorghum bicolor it is being studied for its resistance to various pest species.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Sorghum macrospermum E.D.Garber" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/422152-1.
- ↑ Ananda, Galaihalage K. S.; Myrans, Harry; Norton, Sally L.; Gleadow, Roslyn; Furtado, Agnelo; Henry, Robert J. (2020). "Wild Sorghum as a Promising Resource for Crop Improvement". Frontiers in Plant Science 11: 1108. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.01108. PMID 32765575.
- ↑ Hodnett, G. L.; Norton, S. L.; Ohadi, S.; Bagavathiannan, M. V.; Rooney, W. L. (2020). "Wide Hybridization and Utilization of Wild Relatives of Sorghum". Sorghum in the 21st Century: Food – Fodder – Feed – Fuel for a Rapidly Changing World. pp. 65–99. doi:10.1007/978-981-15-8249-3_4. ISBN 978-981-15-8248-6.
Wikidata ☰ Q15522456 entry
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