Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench

Jarvis, Charlie, 2007, Chapter 7: Linnaean Plant Names and their Types (part H), Order out of Chaos. Linnaean Plant Types and their Types, London: Linnaean Society of London in association with the Natural History Museum, pp. 557-585 : 575

Holcus bicolor Linnaeus , Mantissa Plantarum Altera: 301. 1771.

"Habitat in Persia. D. Lerche. H. U." RCN: 7565.

Lectotype (Davidse in Cafferty & al. in Taxon 49: 251. 2000): Herb. Clifford: 468, Holcus 1 (BM-000647533) .

Current name: Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench ( Poaceae ).

Note: See exhaustive review by Snowden (Cult. Races Sorghum : 7, 106. 1936), who stated that a specimen in LINN (perhaps 1212.6?) "may be the type". This is ineffective. Poilecot (in Boissiera 56: 509. 1999) indicated material in LINN as the type of S. bicolor (L.) Moench , and a Clifford collection as the lectotype of H. bicolor L. Davidse & Turland (in Taxon 50: 577. 2001) have, however, accepted Poilecot as having effectively typified the name using the Clifford sheet. This, however, was ineffective, and Davidse’s 2000 choice is accepted as typifying the name.