Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum (SORVC)[Overview]| EPPO Global Database

EPPO Code: SORVC
Preferred name: Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum
Authority: (Retzius) Mohlenbrock

Sorghum bicolor var. caffrorum(SORVC)

Basic information

Notes

This variety of sorghum is not now considered to merit a separate scientific name, and is simply a form of S. bicolor

Other scientific names

Name	Authority
Sorghum caffrorum	(Retzius) Palisot de Beauvois
Sorghum vulgare var. caffrorum	(Retzius) Hubbard & Rehder

Common names

Name	Language
kaffir	English
Kaffirhirse	German

Taxonomy