Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Andropogon halepensis (L.) Brot. Fl. , Andropogon sorghum Brot. var. halapensis Hack., Andropogon sorghum halapensis Hackel, Holcus halapensis L., Sorghum miliaceum (Roxb.) Snowden

Common names:

Aleppo grass [Aleppo-grass] (1949) (109)

Arabian millet grass (1885, UT) (88)

Arabian millett (1884-1896) (45, 87)

Australian grass (1900) (158)

Chinese sugarcane (1896) (45)

Cuba grass (1885-1913) (5, 87, 158)

Doura (1896) (45)

Durra (1896) (45)

Egyptian grass (1896-1900) (45, 158)

Egyptian millet (1896-1913) (5, 45, 158)

Egyptian rice-corn (1896) (45)

Evergreen millet (1884-1913) (5, 87, 88)

False Guinea grass (1884) (87)

Great millet (1896) (45)

Green Valley grass (1896) (45)

Guinea corn (1896) (45)

Guinea grass (1885-1900, usually Panicum jumentorum) (45, 88, 158)

Imphee (1896) (45)

Indian millet (1896) (45)

Johnson grass [Johnson-grass, Johnsongrass] (1852-Present) (5, 45, 50, 56, 72, 80, 85, 87, 88, 94, 109, 111, 119, 122, 129, 138, 140, 152, 155, 158, 163)

Maiden cane [Maiden-cane] (1900-1913) (5, 158)

Means' grass [Means-grass, Means grass] (1885-1949, Southern states, introduced by Gov. Means of SC in 1835) (45, 87, 88, 109, 158)

Millet seed (1876?) (92)

Morocco millet (1900) (158)

St. Mary's grass [Saint Mary's grass] (1896-1913) (5, 45)

Syrian grass (1896-1913) (5, 45)