Sorghum purpureosericeum (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. & Asch.

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

• Kotiya, A., Solanki, Y. & Reddy, G.V. (2020). Flora of Rajasthan: 1-769. Rajasthan state biodiversity board. [Cited as Sarga purpureosericea.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

• Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Clayton, W.D. & Renvoize, S.A. (1982). Gramineae. Flora of Tropical East Africa 3: 451-898. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Hepper, F.N. (ed.) (1972). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3(2): 277-574. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Lebrun, J.-P., Audru, J., Gaston, A. & Mosnier, M. (1972). Catalogue des Plantes Vasculaires du Tchad Méridional: 1-289. Institut d' Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux, Maisons Alfort. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Onana, J.M. (2011). The vascular plants of Cameroon a taxonomic checklist with IUCN assessments: 1-195. National herbarium of Cameroon, Yaoundé. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]
• Thulin, M. (ed.) (1995). Flora of Somalia 4: i-ii, 1-298. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Sorghum purpureosericeum.]

Flora of West Tropical Africa

• Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 302, 310 (1867)
• F.T.A. 9: 139.

Flora of Somalia

• Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by T. A. Cope [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Seed Collection Guides

• Phillps, S. (1995) Poaceae. In: Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Volume 7 p 301; Clayton & Renvoize (1982) Flora of Tropical East Africa Graminae (Part 3).
• Phillps, S. (1995) Poaceae. In: Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Volume 7 p 301; Clayton & Renvoize (1982) Flora ofTropical East Africa Graminae (Part 3).
• Phillps, S. (1995) Poaceae. In: Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea Volume 7 p301; Clayton & Renvoize (1982) Flora of Tropical East Africa Graminae (Part 3).

Flora of Tropical East Africa

• A.V. Bogdan, A Revised List of Kenya Grasses p. 55 (1958).
• Aschers. & Schweinf. in Schweinf., Beitr. Fl. Aeth.: 302, 310 (1867).
• Clayton in Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 3: 467 (1972).
• D.M. Napper, Grasses of Tanganyika: 96 (1965).
• Eggeling, Ann. list grasses Ug.: 44 (1947).
• F. W. Andr., The Flowering Plants of the Sudan 3: 543 (1956).
• K.W. Harker & D.M. Napper, An Illustrated Guide to the Grasses of Uganda p. 55 (1960).
• Stapf in Flora of Tropical Africa 9: 139 (1917).