|
Sorghum
(Sorghum genus) Life
> eukaryotes >
Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
>
Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants)
> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales
> Family: Poaceae
There are about 24 species worldwide (tropics and subtropics
of the Old World) of which two are indigenous to southern Africa and one is
naturalised. Sorghum bicolor (Sorghum) is an important African crop
and the species in its wild form is indigenous to southern Africa.
Species indigenous to southern Africa
List from Fish (2003).
Species naturalised in southern Africa
Sorghum halepense (Johnson
grass, Aleppo grass, Johnsongras) Indigenous to the Mediterranean region. A problem
weed in cultivated lands. Its system of rhizomes makes it difficult to
eradicate. It is a declared
Category 2 invasive plant in South Africa. |
|
Publications
-
Fish, L. 2003. Poaceae. In Germishuizen, G. & Meyer, N.L.
(eds), Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14:
1152-1194. National Botanical
Institute, Pretoria.
|
