Sorghum × drummondii

Sudan grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Genus:	Sorghum
Species:	S. × drummondii
Binomial name
Sorghum × drummondii (Nees ex. Steud.) Millsp. & Chase
Synonyms[1][2]
Andropogon × drummondii Nees ex Steud. Andropogon × sudanensis (Piper) Leppan & Bosman Holcus × sudanensis (Piper) L.H.Bailey Sorghum × sudanense (Piper) Stapf Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse, 1993 Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum

Sorghum × drummondii (Sudan grass), is a hybrid-derived species of grass raised for forage and grain, native to tropical and subtropical regions of Eastern Africa. It may also be known as Sorghum bicolor × Sorghum arundinaceum after its parents. Some authorities consider all three species to be subspecies under S. bicolor.^[2]

The plant is cultivated in Southern Europe, South America, Central America, North America and Southern Asia, for forage or as a cover crop.^[1] When treated as a weed, it is known as shattercane.^[3] It is distinguished from the grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor) by the grain (caryopsis) not being exposed at maturity.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species". Retrieved February 11, 2014.
2. "Taxonomy browser (Sorghum bicolor subsp. Drummondii)".
3. Kanatas, Panagiotis; Gazoulis, Ioannis; Zannopoulos, Stavros; Tataridas, Alexandros; Tsekoura, Anastasia; Antonopoulos, Nikolaos; Travlos, Ilias (25 September 2021). "Shattercane (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench Subsp. Drummondii) and Weedy Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.)—Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs) as Weeds in Agriculture". Diversity. 13 (10): 463. doi:10.3390/d13100463.