Poaceae

Sorghum × drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase

Family: Poaceae
Genus: Sorghum

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Common names

By language (20)

Arabic: ذرة سودانية
Armenian: Սուդանի խոտ
azb: سۇدان اوْتو
Azerbaijani: Sudan otu
Bulgarian: Суданка
Catalan: Pastura sudanesa
Chinese: 苏丹草, 蘇丹草
cv: Судан курăкĕ
Czech: Čirok súdánský
French: Herbe du Soudan, Sorgho du Soudan, Sorgho menu
Georgian: Სუდანურა
German: Sudangras
Japanese: スーダングラス
Kazakh: Судан құмайы
Korean: 수단그라스
Polish: Sorgo sudańskie
Romanian: Iarbă de Sudan
Russian: Суданская трава
Ukrainian: Суданська трава
Uzbek: Sudanoʻt

Synonyms

Andropogon drummondii Nees ex Steud.
Andropogon halepensis subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Suess.
Andropogon halepensis var. sudanensis (Piper) Suess.
Andropogon sorghum subsp. drummondii (Steud.) Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. hewisonii Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. niloticus Piper
Andropogon sorghum subsp. sudanensis Piper
Andropogon sorghum var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hack.
Andropogon sorghum var. hewisonii Piper
Andropogon sorghum var. nitens Busse & Pilg.
Andropogon sorghum var. sudanensis Piper
Andropogon sorghum var. transiens Hack.
Andropogon sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman
Holcus sorghum subsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum subsp. sudanensis (Piper) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum var. drummondii (Steud.) Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum var. sudanensis Hitchc.
Holcus sorghum var. transiens (Hack.) Honda
Holcus sudanensis (Piper) L.H.Bailey
Sorghum annuum Trab.
Sorghum aterrimum Stapf
Sorghum aterrimum var. angustum Snowden
Sorghum aterrimum var. transiens (Hack.) Snowden
Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse
Sorghum bicolor var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Mohlenbr.
Sorghum bicolor var. transiens (Hack.) Fosberg & Sachet
Sorghum elliotii Stapf
Sorghum halepense var. sudanense (Piper) Soó
Sorghum hewisonii (Piper) Longley
Sorghum niloticum (Piper) Snowden
Sorghum niloticum var. kavirondense Snowden
Sorghum nitens (Busse & Pilg.) Snowden
Sorghum saccharatum var. sudanense (Piper) Kerguélen
Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf
Sorghum vulgare var. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Chiov.
Sorghum vulgare var. sudanense (Piper) Hitchc.

Photos

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.