Sorghum bicolor var. afrorum(SORVC)
Overview Code created in: 1996-10-28
- EPPO Code: SORVC
- Preferred name: Sorghum bicolor var. afrorum
- Authority: (Retzius) Mohlenbrock
This variety of sorghum is not now considered to merit a separate scientific name, and is simply a form of S. bicolor.
Note that in 2024 the International Botanical Congress voted to replace words such as caffra, which is considered a racial slur, and appears in over 300 plants, fungi and algae names, with the words afra, afrorum, and afrum to denote their African origins.
| Name | Authority |
|---|---|
| Sorghum afrorum | (Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois |
| Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum | (Retzius) Mohlenbrock |
| Sorghum caffrorum | (Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois |
| Sorghum vulgare var. afrorum | (Retzius) Hubbard & Rehder |
| Sorghum vulgare var. caffrorum | (Retzius) Hubbard & Rehder |
Kingdom
Plantae (
1PLAK )
Phylum
Magnoliophyta (
1MAGP )
Class
Angiospermae (
1ANGC )
Category
Commelinids (
1COMD )
Order
Poales (
1POAO )
Family
Poaceae (
1GRAF )
Subfamily
Panicoideae (
1PANS )
Genus
Sorghum (
1SORG )