Sorghum halepense (Johnson grass)

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Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers.

Johnson grass

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Holcus halepensis L.
Sorghum miliaceum (Roxb.) Snowden

6/29/2023 · Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin)
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Liliopsida	Monocots (plants with a single seed leaf); includes the lily family
Subclass	Commelinidae	Dayflowers and spiderworts, and several others
Order	Cyperales	Flowering plants including grasses
Family	Poaceae	Grasses (but not sedges or rushes)
Genus	Sorghum	A Latinized name derived from the Italian sorgo, for “a tall cereal grass,” possibly from the Medieval Latin surgum or suricum, which may in turn have been a variant of the Latin name syricum meaning “Syrian,” perhaps a clue to its origin
Species	halepense	Of or from Aleppo, northern Syria

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Sorghum halepense description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.