Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ssp. bicolor

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Holcus bicolor L., Holcus sorghum L., Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench var. caffrorum (Retz.) Mohlenbrock, Sorghum caffrorum (Retz.) Beauv., Sorghum cernuum (Ard.) Host, Sorghum dochna (Forsk.) Snowden, Sorghum dochna (Forsk.) Snowden var. technicum (Koern.) Snowden, Sorghum drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase p.p., Sorghum durra (Forsk.) Stapf, Sorghum nigrum Roem. & Schult., Sorghum saccharatum (L.) Moench, Sorghum subglabrescens Schweinf. & Aschers., Sorghum vulgare Pers., Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. caffrorum (Retz.) Hubbard & Rehd., Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. caffrorum Hubbard & Rehd., Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. durra (Forsk.) Hubbard & Rehd., Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. roxburghii Haines, Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. saccharatum (L.) Boerl., Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. technicum (Koern.) Jáv.

Common names:

African millet (1884) (87)

Black millet (1900) (158)

Broom-corn [Broom corn, Broomcorn] (1876-1949) (14, 56, 66, 87, 92, 107, 109, 119, 155, 158)

Broom-corn grass [Broom corn grass] (1876?) (92)

Brown durra (1942) (155)

Chinese sugarcane [Chinese sugar cane, Chinese sugar-cane] (1884-1903) (66, 87, 158)

Chocolate corn (1884) (87)

Coffee corn (1840-1876) (19, 92)

Common sorghum (1886) (110)

Doura (1900) (158)

Doura corn (1884) (87)

Dourra (1886, Modern Egypt) (110)

Durra (1900-1942) (107, 119, 155, 158)

Egyptian corn (1919) (107)

Grain sorghum (Present) (50)

Guinea corn (1882-1903) (14, 66, 87)

Imphee (1900) (158)

Indian millet (1840-1903) (19, 66, 87, 92, 158)

Jerusalem corn (1938, OK) (119)

Kaffir corn [Kafir-corn] (1896-1938) (107, 119, 151)

Kafir (1938-1949) (109, 119, 155)

Millo maize (1896, NM) (151)

Milo (1938OK) (119)

Milo maize (1938, OK) (119)

Negro corn (1876-1919) (92, 107)

Pampas-rice [Pampas rice] (1884-1919) (87, 107)

Pearl millet (1900) (158)

Rice corn (1919) (107)

Shallu (1942-1949) (109, 155)

Small maize (1903, in Barbary) (66)

Sorgho (1903-1949) (66, 92, 109, 155)

Sorgho sucre (1903) (66)

Sorghum (1852-1949) (92, 107, 109, 117, 119, 138, 155, 158, 163)

Sorghum sugar cane (1884) (87)

Sugar sorghum (1890-1949) (67, 109)

Sugarcane [Sugar cane, Sugar-cane] (1901-1949, misapplied) (56, 109)

Sweet sorghum (1949) (109)

Tennessee rice (1919) (107)