Sorghum bicolor
(L.) Moench · speciesAt a glance
Sources15 archives
Databases and archives Sorghum bicolor's data was compiled from.
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility46 058 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI181 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics45 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
FooDBThe Metabolomics Innovation Centrecompounds↗
foodatlascompounds
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
NPASSNat. Product Activity & Species Sourcecompounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Le sorgo commun (Sorghum bicolor), aussi orthographié sorgho, est une espèce de plantes monocotylédones de la famille des Poaceae (Graminées), originaire d'Afrique. C'est une plante herbacée annuelle, qui peut atteindre 3 mètres de haut. Elle est cultivée soit pour ses graines, le sorgho grain, soit comme fourrage, le sorgho fourrager. Le sorgho est la cinquième céréale mondiale par le volume de production, après le maïs, le riz, le blé et l'orge. C'est la principale céréale pour de nombreuses populations à faible revenu vivant dans les régions tropicales semi-arides d'Afrique et d'Asie. Cette plante est aussi la sixième source de calories alimentaires pour la population mondiale, après le riz, le blé, le sucre, le maïs et la pomme de terre. Elle est également largement utilisée en alimentation animale sous forme de fourrage vert, de paille sèche ou de concentré de céréales.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology23
Life cycle & reproduction34
Diet & foraging2
Habitat & environment32
Physiology & chemistry27
Uses & economy15
Other traits7
Compounds documented for Sorghum bicolor across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds5 931 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| α-D-galactose | 71,370 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Glutamic acid | 2,439 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| Sugars | 1,870 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Leucine | 1,491 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| D-Mannose | 1,490 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| (Z,Z)-9,12-Octadecadienoic acid | 1,295 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Alanine | 1,033 mg/100g | FooDB | |
| L-Proline | 852 mg/100g | FooDB |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Sorghum bicolor has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
Besides the big genome in the nucleus, cells carry a small, circular loop of DNA inside the cell's energy factories — the mitochondria. It is inherited almost only from the mother and is a leftover from ancient bacteria that moved into the cell. The mitochondrial markers above (ND*, COX, CYTB…) are read from exactly this loop. Outer ring = one strand, inner ring = the other.
The complete instruction manual Sorghum bicolor carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 2070×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · slov-fl · CCDB · nw-europe-fl +9
2n 402×CCDB · book-indian_vol2 · CCDB · CromoCat 2015
2n 211×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
2n 481×CCDB · book-indian_vol2
n 1035×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl · CCDB · book-ipcn67-71 · CCDB · Cave1956 +4
n 51×CCDB · CromoCat 2015
n 201×CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
polyploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers
Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.
Record type46 058 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions181 of 330 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Durango, MX | 121 |
| Brisbane, AU | 116 |
| Saint Louis, US | 105 |
| MeiseBGlocation not on record | 61 |
| Mexico City, MX | 51 |
| Bronx, US | 48 |
| BRNUlocation not on record | 41 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 41 |
| SLU Artdatabankenlocation not on record | 38 |
| Canberra, AU | 37 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 35 |
| Brussel, BE | 30 |
| Spearfish, US | 28 |
| International Salmonella Centre (W.H.O.)location not on record | 28 |
| Mount Annan, AU | 27 |
| Davis, US | 24 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 23 |
| Auckland, NZ | 23 |
| San Diego, US | 22 |
| ASUlocation not on record | 22 |
| Riverside, US | 21 |
| LDlocation not on record | 20 |
| Kensington, AU | 20 |
| Kew, GB | 20 |
| Adelaide, AU | 20 |
| Beijing, CN | 18 |
| Palmerston, AU | 17 |
| Chongqing Museumlocation not on record | 17 |
| BIO-UNIPIlocation not on record | 17 |
| Barcelona, ES | 16 |
| Claremont, US | 16 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 16 |
| Baroda, IN | 15 |
| Emporia, US | 15 |
| Mérida, MX | 15 |
| Sanda, JP | 15 |
| Ann Arbor, US | 13 |
| Jena Microbial Resource Collectionlocation not on record | 13 |
| Bern, CH | 12 |
| Bloomington, US | 12 |
| Oskarshamn, SE | 12 |
| BDBClocation not on record | 12 |
| Smithfield, AU | 12 |
| Olocation not on record | 12 |
| Miami, US | 11 |
| Austin, US | 11 |
| Provincia di Livornolocation not on record | 11 |
| Antiguo Cuscatlán, SV | 11 |
| Denver, US | 11 |
| Corvallis, US | 11 |
| Montecillo, Texcoco, MX | 11 |
| Tsukuba, JP | 10 |
| National Biodiversity Institute, Costa Ricalocation not on record | 10 |
| Museo Entomologico de Leonlocation not on record | 10 |
| Xiamen, CN | 10 |
| Salvador, BR | 10 |
| WTUlocation not on record | 10 |
| Mexico City, MX | 10 |
| Odawara, JP | 10 |
| Tokushima, JP | 10 |
| Tlalnepantla, MX | 9 |
| BFLlocation not on record | 9 |
| Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 9 |
| IDElocation not on record | 9 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 9 |
| Fort Worth, US | 9 |
| Brasília, BR | 9 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 9 |
| TAIElocation not on record | 9 |
| Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznańlocation not on record | 9 |
| Berlin, DE | 8 |
| Istituto Agrario Castelnuovolocation not on record | 8 |
| St. Augustine, TT | 8 |
| Taipei, TW | 8 |
| San Luis Obispo, US | 8 |
| Mérida, MX | 8 |
| Elocation not on record | 8 |
| Philadelphia, US | 8 |
| Yaoundé, CM | 8 |
| Université de Bordeauxlocation not on record | 8 |
| San Isidro, AR | 8 |
| Chengdu, CN | 8 |
| HNBlocation not on record | 8 |
| US | 7 |
| Guasave, MX | 7 |
| Wlocation not on record | 7 |
| Leiden University Medical Centerlocation not on record | 7 |
| Tampa, US | 7 |
| València, ES | 7 |
| Honolulu, US | 7 |
| Frankfurt am Main | 7 |
| DBF-NHMDlocation not on record | 6 |
| Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record | 6 |
| Irvine, US | 6 |
| UFBAlocation not on record | 6 |
| Kochi, JP | 6 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 6 |
| Natural History Museum Rotterdamlocation not on record | 6 |
| MAlocation not on record | 6 |
| San Francisco de Campeche, MX | 5 |
| Institute of Applied Ecology, Academia Sinicalocation not on record | 5 |
| Görlitz, DE | 5 |
| Jishou Universitylocation not on record | 5 |
| Zürich, CH | 5 |
| Chicago, US | 5 |
| Jackson, US | 5 |
| South Kensington, GB | 5 |
| Phyletisches Museum Jenalocation not on record | 5 |
| Guilin, CN | 5 |
| National Institute of Biological Resourceslocation not on record | 5 |
| Pondicherry, IN | 5 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 5 |
| Millersville, US | 5 |
| Flagstaff, US | 4 |
| BClocation not on record | 4 |
| California Academy of Scienceslocation not on record | 4 |
| Paris, FR | 4 |
| Zürich, CH | 4 |
| Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt (IAvH)location not on record | 4 |
| UNIVASFlocation not on record | 4 |
| Chadron, US | 4 |
| Aarhus, DK | 4 |
| CASlocation not on record | 4 |
| UFMSlocation not on record | 4 |
| Tapachula, MX | 4 |
| Chiba, JP | 4 |
| State Herbarium of South Australialocation not on record | 4 |
| Universidad Nacional de Colombia (UNAL)location not on record | 4 |
| Madison, US | 4 |
| Northridge, US | 4 |
| Vitoria, ES | 4 |
| University of Johannesburglocation not on record | 4 |
| Zapopan, MX | 4 |
| 云南省思茅市民族传统医药研究所location not on record | 4 |
| University of Southern Mississippilocation not on record | 4 |
| Ciudad de México, MX | 4 |
| JBRJlocation not on record | 3 |
| Knoxville, US | 3 |
| Karlsruhe, DE | 3 |
| Sagamihara, JP | 3 |
| Logan, US | 3 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 3 |
| Catalina Island Conservancylocation not on record | 3 |
| EAlocation not on record | 3 |
| Arusha, TZ | 3 |
| Phoenix, US | 3 |
| Helsinki, FI | 3 |
| Cambridge, US | 3 |
| Hobart, AU | 3 |
| Torreón, MX | 3 |
| Lubbock, US | 3 |
| Universidad Industrial de Santander (UIS)location not on record | 3 |
| EL PASO, US | 3 |
| Nanjing, CN | 3 |
| Changsha, CN | 3 |
| DSMlocation not on record | 3 |
| Valdosta State Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Université du Lomélocation not on record | 3 |
| Missoula, US | 3 |
| Tomioka, JP | 3 |
| Musee des Dinosaures d'Esperaza (Aude)location not on record | 3 |
| Institut und Museum fuer Geologie und Palaeontologielocation not on record | 3 |
| Hazara Universitylocation not on record | 3 |
| Dekalb, US | 3 |
| Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitat Greifswaldlocation not on record | 3 |
| Hiratsuka City Museumlocation not on record | 3 |
| UFERSAlocation not on record | 3 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 3 |
| FUVATESlocation not on record | 3 |
| QAUlocation not on record | 3 |
| PUC-RSlocation not on record | 2 |
| Comisión Técnico Consultiva de Coeficientes de Agostaderolocation not on record | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| University of New Hampshirelocation not on record | 2 |
| Centro de Pesquisas Agropecuarias do Tropico Umidolocation not on record | 2 |
| Departamento de Sistematica e Ecologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal de Goiáslocation not on record | 2 |
| Chaguaramas, TT | 2 |
| UNEMATlocation not on record | 2 |
| ROM023location not on record | 2 |
| University of Hamburglocation not on record | 2 |
| Henderson, US | 2 |
| Ciudad Juárez, MX | 2 |
| Toyama, JP | 2 |
| KMNlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| San Angelo, US | 2 |
| ROM007location not on record | 2 |
| Chapel Hill, US | 2 |
| Addis Ababa, ET | 2 |
| Tuxtla Gutiérrez, MX | 2 |
| Seoul, KR | 2 |
| Bando, JP | 2 |
| Portland, US | 2 |
| Córdoba, AR | 2 |
| Pamplona, ES | 2 |
| Vancouver, CA | 2 |
| Cenargenlocation not on record | 2 |
| South China Normal Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| 河南豫北黄河故道湿地鸟类国家级自然保护区location not on record | 2 |
| Instituto de Ecología Aplicada, Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipaslocation not on record | 2 |
| Tilburg, NL | 2 |
| Universität Tübingenlocation not on record | 2 |
| UnBlocation not on record | 2 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 2 |
| Blumenau, BR | 2 |
| Juriquilla, MX | 2 |
| Mlocation not on record | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Ceara, Departamento de Biologialocation not on record | 2 |
| Salzburg, AT | 2 |
| McWane Science Centerlocation not on record | 2 |
| Santa Cruz, US | 2 |
| Severin-McDaniel Insect Collectionlocation not on record | 2 |
| Stockholm, SE | 2 |
| Pittsburg, US | 2 |
| Porrentruy, CH | 2 |
| University of British Columbia, Herbariumlocation not on record | 2 |
| Tall Timbers Research Stationlocation not on record | 2 |
| Norfolk, US | 2 |
| Giardini Botanici Hanburylocation not on record | 2 |
| Alicante, ES | 2 |
| Grand Junction, US | 1 |
| Calabar, NG | 1 |
| INMAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Hermosillo, MX | 1 |
| James Cook Townsvillelocation not on record | 1 |
| MEXUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Columbia, US | 1 |
| Zacatecas, MX | 1 |
| Conway, US | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| Río Palenque Science Centerlocation not on record | 1 |
| Santa Cruz de la Sierra, BO | 1 |
| Los Angeles, US | 1 |
| Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabascolocation not on record | 1 |
| UNICAMPlocation not on record | 1 |
| National Museums of Kenyalocation not on record | 1 |
| Central Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| JMSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Autlán de Navarro, MX | 1 |
| Bozeman, US | 1 |
| Mazatlán, MX | 1 |
| JBSlocation not on record | 1 |
| Tempe, US | 1 |
| Morelia, MX | 1 |
| Armidale, AU | 1 |
| Kyoto Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| UNESClocation not on record | 1 |
| Texas A&M Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Altos de Pipe, VE | 1 |
| Nishihara, JP | 1 |
| HEMlocation not on record | 1 |
| La Paz, MX | 1 |
| Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduraslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ivano-Frankivsk, UA | 1 |
| GJOlocation not on record | 1 |
| UIBlocation not on record | 1 |
| HUN003location not on record | 1 |
| Salamanca, ES | 1 |
| Royal Botanical Gardenslocation not on record | 1 |
| Victoria, CA | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Sitelocation not on record | 1 |
| Pocatello, US | 1 |
| Museo civico di Storia naturale Giacomo Doria di Genova | Giacomo Doria Natural History Museum in Genoalocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Johannesburg, Department of Botany and Plant Biotechnologylocation not on record | 1 |
| Zhengzhou, CN | 1 |
| Whitewater, US | 1 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| University of Alberta Museumslocation not on record | 1 |
| Durango, US | 1 |
| Boise, US | 1 |
| NSW Dept of Planning, Industry and Environmentlocation not on record | 1 |
| Granada, ES | 1 |
| Irkutsk State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Green Bay, US | 1 |
| Cuiabá, BR | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Boumlocation not on record | 1 |
| BMlocation not on record | 1 |
| JP | 1 |
| Kagoshima, JP | 1 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Bangkok, TH | 1 |
| GAlocation not on record | 1 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 1 |
| Muzaffarabad, PK | 1 |
| Servico de Microbiologia e Imunologialocation not on record | 1 |
| Sangmiung Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| UEPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universität Göttingenlocation not on record | 1 |
| 黔东南州民族医药研究所标本室location not on record | 1 |
| Criciúma, BR | 1 |
| Staatliches Museum fuer Naturkunde Karlsruhe (State Museum of Natural History)location not on record | 1 |
| Turlock, US | 1 |
| Santa Teresa, BR | 1 |
| Uppsala, SE | 1 |
| Foz do Iguaçu, BR | 1 |
| CUVClocation not on record | 1 |
| DOI/NPS, Mississippi National River & Recreation Arealocation not on record | 1 |
| Dover, US | 1 |
| College Park, US | 1 |
| Facultad de Zootecnia y Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahualocation not on record | 1 |
| Glarus, CH | 1 |
| Durham, US | 1 |
| Nagano City, JP | 1 |
| Pullman, US | 1 |
| RJBJCIlocation not on record | 1 |
| BAYLUlocation not on record | 1 |
| Henderson State Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Clemson, US | 1 |
| BGPAlocation not on record | 1 |
| John T. Waterhouse Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Facultad de Biología, Universidad Veracruzana, Región Xalapalocation not on record | 1 |
| Durban, ZA | 1 |
| Bergen, NO | 1 |
| Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Gardenlocation not on record | 1 |
| Podgorica, ME | 1 |
| UFRPElocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-SLlocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| ESP004location not on record | 1 |
| San Diego Natural History Museum, Herbariumlocation not on record | 1 |
| Chapingo, MX | 1 |
| Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record | 1 |
| Museum of the Rockieslocation not on record | 1 |
| Fulda, DE | 1 |
| UFSClocation not on record | 1 |
| Taipei, TW | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Sorghum bicolor was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Measured at samplingin-field
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.