Agropyron

A. cristatum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Hordeeae
Genus: Agropyron
Species: A. badamense – A. bulbosum – A. cimmericum – A. cristatum – A. dasyanthum – A. desertorum – A. deweyi – A. fragile – A. michnoi – A. mongolicum – A. praetermissum – A. tanaiticum – A. thomsonii
Nothospecies: A. × pilosiglume

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Agropyron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 09. Reference page.

Name

Agropyron Gaertn., Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 539 (1770)

• Type species: Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn., Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1): 540 (1770)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Cynopoa Ehrh., Phytophyl.: 72 (1780).
  • Kratzmannia Opiz, Seznam: 56 (1852).
  • Costia Willk., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 16: 377 (1858).
  • Cremopyrum Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 807 (1866).
  • Zeia Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226 (1915), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Regional: Northern Africa Egypt, Morocco Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Pakistan, Tadzhikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang Regional: Eastern Asia Amur, Kamchatka, Korea, Magadan, Primorye Regional: China China North-Central, Inner Mongolia, Manchuria, Qinghai Regional: Western Asia Iran, Iraq, Turkey Regional: Siberia Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutskiya Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus Continental: Europe Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Krym, Romania, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia, South European Russi Regional: Southwestern Europe Spain Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary Regional: Eastern Europe Central European Rus, East European Russia, Northwest European R Introduced into: Alaska, Alberta, Arizona, British Columbia, California, Chile South, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Labrador, Manitoba, Massachusetts, Mexico Northeast, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Gaertner, J. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Agropyron in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 09. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Agropyron. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 August 09. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Agropyron. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 09 August 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Agropyron. Published online. Accessed: August 09 2022.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Agropyron. .

Vernacular names

беларуская: Жытняк
čeština: Žitňák
suomi: Harjasvehnät
русский: Житняк

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