Sorghum propinquum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
| Genus: | Sorghum |
| Species: | S. propinquum
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Sorghum propinquum is a species of wild Sorghum native to most of tropical Asia, from India to Southeast Asia, southern China, Malesia and Papuasia.[2] A perennial, rhizomatous diploid with the same number of chromosomes (2n=20) as the annual, non-rhizomatous diploid Sorghum bicolor, it is being studied for its potential for sorghum crop improvement.[3] In an ancient hybridization event with S. bicolor, it gave rise to Johnson grass (S. halepense), one of the planet's worst weeds.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 249 (1931)
- ^ a b "Sorghum propinquum (Kunth) Hitchc". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 26 October 2020.
- ^ Foster, Tyler L.; Baldi, Heather D.; Shen, Xiaoqing; Burson, Byron L.; Klein, Robert R.; Murray, Seth C.; Jessup, Russell W. (2020). "Development of novel perennial Sorghum bicolor × S. propinquum hybrids". Crop Science. 60 (2): 863–872. doi:10.1002/csc2.20136.
- ^ Paterson, Andrew H.; Kong, Wenqian; Johnston, Robyn M.; Nabukalu, Pheonah; Wu, Guohong; Poehlman, William L.; Goff, Valorie H.; Isaacs, Krista; Lee, Tae-Ho; Guo, Hui; Zhang, Dong; Sezen, Uzay U.; Kennedy, Megan; Bauer, Diane; Feltus, Frank A.; Weltzien, Eva; Rattunde, Henry Frederick; Barney, Jacob N.; Barry, Kerrie; Cox, T. Stan; Scanlon, Michael J. (2020). "The Evolution of an Invasive Plant, Sorghum halepense L. ('Johnsongrass')". Frontiers in Genetics. 11: 317. doi:10.3389/fgene.2020.00317. PMC 7240026. PMID 32477397.