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Sorghum

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Sorghum
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Faimily: Poaceae
Subfaimily: Panicoideae
Tribe: Andropogoneae
Genus: Sorghum
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Species

Aboot 30 species, see text

Sorghum is a genus o numerous species o gresses, ane o which is raised for grain an mony o which are uised as fother plants, either cultivatit or as pairt o pastur. The plants are cultivatit in wairmer climates warldwide. Species are native tae tropical an subtropical regions o aw continents in addeetion tae the soothwast Paceefic an Australasie. Sorghum is in the subfaimily Panicoideae an the tribe o Andropogoneae (the tribe o big bluestem an succar cane).