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(Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
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(Last Modified On 10/22/2012)
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Genus
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SORGHUM Moench
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Meth. P1. 207. 1794.
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Synonym
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Blumenbachia Koel. Descr. Gram. 28. 1802.
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Description
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Spikelets in pairs, one sessile and fertile, the other pedicellate, usually staminate, the pairs at the nodes of the tardily disarticulating rachis of short, few-jointed, panicled racemes, the terminal sessile spikelet with 2 pedicellate spikelets; glumes of fertile spikelet indurate, the first rounded, somewhat keeled at the summit; fertile lemma awnless or with a short, usually geniculate, twisted awn; pedicellate spikelets herbaceous, lanceolate, the first glume several-nerved, 2-keeled in the upper half.
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Note
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Coarse annuals or perennials with long narrow or wide blades and open, often large, panicles of short racemes.
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Key
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a. Plants perennial with strong rhizomes; blades mostly 1-1.5 cm. wide_ 1. S. HALEPENSE aa. Plants annual; blades wider 2. S. VULGARE
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