Agropyron

Taxonavigation[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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, 2^nd Edition

References[edit]

Primary references[edit]

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

Additional references[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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