Sorghum

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About 20 species, including:

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Sorghum almum

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Sorghum bicolor

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Sorghum caffrorum

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Sorghum caudatum

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Sorghum cernuum

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Sorghum halepense

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Sorghum nervosum

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Sorghum nigricans

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Sorghum nitidum

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Sorghum propinquum

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Sorghum roxburghii

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Sorghum × almum

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Sorghum × drummondii

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Sorghum is a genus of about 20 species of grasses), native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Old World, with one species native to the New World in Mexico. Other names include Durra, Egyptian Millet, Feterita, Guinea Corn, Jowar, Kaffircorn, Shallu and Sudan Grass.

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Grasses: Redirect Poaceae...

Old World: The Old World consists of those parts of Earth known to Europeans before the voyages of Christopher Columbus: Europe, Asia, and Africa (collectively known as Africa-Eurasia) and the surrounding islands....

New World: "The New World" is one of the names used for the American continents and adjacent islands collectively, in use since the 16th century. The Americas were at that time new to the Europeans, who previously thought of the world as consisting only of Europe, Asia, and Africa (the Old World). The term "Ne...