The sorgos are a much more heterogeneous 
group than the other sorghums and are referred 
by Snowden to several varieties. Many of them, 
particularly the Amber and Honey sorgos, belong 
here; other types are referred to var. bicolor, var. 
caffrorum, or var. nigricans. 
For various reasons Snowden considers Holcus 
saccharatus L. to be a nomen dubium, and takes 
up instead Forskal’s name for this plant. 
var. Ssubglabrescens (Steud. ) A. F. Hill comb. 
nov. Milo. 
Andropogon subglabrescens Steudel Syn. PI. 
Glum. 1 (1854) 3938. 
Sorghum subglabrescens Schweinfurth & Ascher- 
son in Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. (1867) 302, 
306. 
var. technicum (Koern.) Fiori & Paoletti FI. 
Anal. Ital. 1 (1896) 46. Broomeorn. 
Andropogon Sorghum Brot. var. technicum Koer- 
nicke in Koern. & Wern. Handb. Getreidebau 
1 (1885) 308. 
Sorghum technicum Battandier & 'Trabut FI]. Al- 
gér. Monocot. (1895) 128. 
Sorghum vulgare Pers. var. technicum (Koern.) 
Jaivorka Magyar FI. 1 (1924) 683 according to 
Hitchcock’s Manual. 
Holcus Sorghum L. var. technicus LL. H. Bailey 
Gentes Herb. 1 (1928) 182. 
Sorghum dochna (Forsk.) Snowden var. techni- 
cum (Koern.) Snowden in Kew Bull. (1935) 
285. 
Broomcorn is considered to be a variety of Sor- 
go by Snowden and several other taxonomists. —. 
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