Agropyron
Agropyron is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America.[3][4][5][6][7][8]
| Wheatgrass | |
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| Agropyron cristatum[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Triticodae |
| Tribe: | Triticeae |
| Genus: | Agropyron Gaertn. |
| Type species | |
| Agropyron cristatum | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass.[9]
- Species[2]
- Agropyron badamense - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
- Agropyron bulbosum - Iran[10]
- Agropyron cimmericum - Ukraine, Crimea
- Agropyron cristatum - Crested wheatgrass - Eurasia + North Africa from Spain + Morocco to Korea + Khabarovsk; naturalized in western + central North America (United States, Canada, northern Mexico)
- Agropyron dasyanthum - Ukraine
- Agropyron desertorum - Desert Wheatgrass - from Crimea + Caucasus to Mongolia + Siberia
- Agropyron deweyi - Turkey
- Agropyron fragile - Siberian wheatgrass - from Caucasus to Mongolia; naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada
- Agropyron michnoi - Buryatiya, Zabaykalsky Krai, Mongolia, Inner Mongolia
- Agropyron mongolicum - Gansu, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Xinjiang
- Agropyron × pilosiglume - European Russia
- Agropyron tanaiticum - Ukraine, European Russia
- Agropyron thomsonii - Western Himalayas
- Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis[11][12][13][14][15][16]
- Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis[11][12][13][14][15][16]
- formerly included[2]
species now considered better suited in other genera: Crithopsis Elymus Kengyilia Leymus Thinopyrum Vulpia etc.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Agropyron.
- illustration circa 1805, Hand-colored copper engraving of Agropyron cristatum, from Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
- Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Archived from the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539
- Tropicos, Agropyron Gaertn.
- Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 386, 387, 437 冰草属 bing cao shu Agropyron Gaertner, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14: 539. 1770
- Altervista Flora Italiana genere Agropyron photos and distribution maps for several species
- Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
- US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Agropyron Gaertn., wheatgrass
- "Agropyron of Iran". Flora of Iran. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". The Plant List. 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- "Taxonomy". Germplasm Resources Information Network International Rice Research Institute. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- "Taxonomy browser (Elymus tsukushiensis)". National Center for Biotechnology Information.
- "Elymus tsukushiensis Honda Taxonomy - GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.6.1". International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center. 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
- "Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi - Kew Science". Kew Gardens. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
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