Biology:Sorghum virgatum

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Short description: Species of plant

Sorghum virgatum
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Sorghum
Species:
S. virgatum
Binomial name
Sorghum virgatum
(Hack.) Stapf
Synonyms[2]
  • Andropogon sorghum var. virgatus Hack.
  • Holcus virgatus (Hack.) L.H.Bailey
  • Sorghum bicolor var. virgatum (Hack.) de Wet & Harlan

Sorghum virgatum, Tunis grass, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[3] It is found across the Sahel region, up the Nile valley, and on to the Levant, and has been introduced to Morocco and Ethiopia.[2] It contributed genetic material during the creation of domesticated sorghum, Sorghum bicolor.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q15521565 entry