''Sorghum purpureosericeum'' is a species of plant in the grass family,

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

, that occurs in central and eastern Africa, Yemen and India.

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purpureosericeum Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter Taxa named by Achille Richard Taxa named by Georg August Schweinfurth Taxa named by Paul Friedrich August Ascherson {{Panicoideae-stub