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Sorghum versicolor

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Identification
Sorghum versicolor Andersson [family GRAMINEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Sorghum purpureo-sericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Asch. & Schweinf. [family GRAMINEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Sorghum purpureo-sericeum
  • Sorghum versicolor

Flora

Entry for SORGHUM versicolor Anderss. [family POACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
SORGHUM versicolor Anderss. [family POACEAE], (1863).
SORGHUM purpureo-sericeum Chiov. var. trinervatum [family POACEAE], Fl. Somala 2: 439 (1932);. type: S3, “Osboda”, Senni 244 (FT holo.).
Information
Annual or short-lived perennial up to 2.5 m high, without rhizomes, the nodes densely bearded. Panicle narrowly oblong, 5–25 cm long; primary branches whorled, simple (rarely the longer branched), bearing 3–7 spikelet-pairs. Sessile spikelet elliptic-oblong, 5–7 mm long; lower glume coriaceous, glossy, glabrous to loosely hairy, bearded from the callus; upper lemma with an awn 25–40 mm long. Pedicelled spikelet linear to lanceolate, 3–5 mm long.
Range
S3 Ethiopia and Kenya southwards to South Africa.
Altitude range
Coastal
Distribution
SOMALIA Kazmi 5167.

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