| Family |
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) |
| Scientific name |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Persoon |
| Synonyms |
Andropogon arundinaceus Scopoli; Andropogon controversus Steudel; Andropogon
halepensis (L.) Brotero; Andropogon halepensis (L.) Brotero var. var. anatherus
Piper; Andropogon halepensis (L.) Brotero var. genuinus Stapf ex Hooker
f.; Andropogon halepensis (L.) Brotero var. muticus (Hackel) Ascherson
& Graebner; Andropogon halepensis (L.) Brotero var. typicus Ascherson
& Graebner; Andropogon miliaceus Roxburgh; Andropogon miliformis Schultes;
Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brotero subsp. halepensis (L.) Hackel; Andropogon
sorghum (L.) Brotero subvar. genuinus Hackel; Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brotero
subvar. leiostachys Hackel; Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brotero subvar. muticus
Hackel; Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brotero subvar. trachycladus Hackel; Andropogon
sorghum (L.) Brotero var. corymbosus Hackel; Andropogon sorghum (L.) Brotero
var. perennis Bertoni; Blumenbachia halepensis (L.) Koeler; Holcus exiguus
Forsskal; Holcus halepensis L.; Holcus halepensis L. var. miliformis (Schultes)
Hitchcock; Holcus sorghum L. var. exiguus (Forsskal) Hitchcock; Milium
halepense (L.) Cavanilles; Rhaphis halepensis (L.) Roberty; Sorghum almum
Parodi; Sorghum almum Parodi var. typicum Parodi; Sorghum controversum
(Steudel) Snowden; Sorghum halepense (L.) Persoon forma muticum (Hackel)
C. E. Hubbard; Sorghum halepense (L.) Persoon var. muticum (Hackel) Grossheim;
Sorghum miliaceum (Roxburgh) Snowden; Sorghum miliaceum (Roxburgh) Snowden
var. parvispicula Snowden; Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench var. halepense
(L.) Kuntze |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) seiban-morokoshi [Western corn] |
| (English common name) Aleppo grass, Aleppo milletgrass, Johnsongrass, means
grass |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) [native] India, Pakistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Syria, Turkey, Egypt, Libya |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=20, 40 |
| Description |
Plants 2m. Leaves 20-60cm length, 1-2cm width. Flowers red inflorescences
30cm, spikelets 4-5mm, flowering in July to September. Perennial plants. |
| Reference |
Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
| Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
| Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. |
| Note |
Naturalized plants (first discovered in 1943). |
