Piper, C.V. (12 March 1915), Andropogon halepensis and Andropogon sorghum. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 28(4): 33-34 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Type specimen grown at Arlington Farm, Virigina from seed secured from R. Hewison, Esq., Khartum, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan."

Stapf, O. in Oliver, D., Thiselton Dyer, W.T., Prain, D. & Hill, A.W. (ed.) (1 July 1917), Gramineae. Flora of Tropical Africa 9(1): 113 [basionym]

basionym of: Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf legitimate

Stanley, T.D. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 252 [nomenclatural synonym]

nomenclatural synonym of: Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf legitimate

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2009), Australian Plant Census: - [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Sorghum x drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) Millsp. & Chase legitimate

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