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Sorghum macrospermum

Family
Poaceae (Grass family)
Native range
N. & NW. Northern Territory
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Sorghum macrospermum, the Katherine sorghum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae, endemic only to limestone outcrops in the Katherine River area of the Northern Territory of Australia. A diploid, as a crop wild relative of Sorghum bicolor it is being studied for its resistance to various pest species.

Other Sorghum plants

Columbus grass · Broom corn · Sorghum · Sudangrass · Johnson grass · Sorghum · Sorghum timorense · Sorghum virgatum · Millets

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorghum macrospermum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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