Helictotrichon desertorum

Taxonavigation

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

Helictotrichon desertorum (Less.) Pilg., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 45: 7 (1938)

Homotypic
- Arrhenatherum desertorum (Less.) Potztal in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 75: 329 (1951)
- Avena desertorum Less. in Linnaea 9: 208 (1834)
- Avenastrum desertorum (Less.) Podp. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 76: 7 (1904)
Homotypic
- Avena besseri Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 415 (1852)
- Avena desertorum var. basaltica Podp. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 335 (1902)
- Avenastrum basalticum Podp. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 334 (1902)
- Avenastrum besseri (Griseb.) Koczw. in J.Dostál, Květena ČSR 2: 2021 (1950)
- Elictotrichon sempervirens Besser ex Andrz. in Rys Botaniczny 1: 9 (1823), nom. nud.
- Helictotrichon altaicum Tzvelev in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Rast. Tsentral. Azii 4: 101 (1968)
- Helictotrichon besseri (Griseb.) Janch. in Phyton (Horn) 5: 64 (1953)
- Helictotrichon desertorum subsp. altaicum (Tzvelev) Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 436 (1970)
- Helictotrichon desertorum subsp. basalticum (Podp.) Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 5: 436 (1970)
- Helictotrichon desertorum var. centroasiaticum (Holub) Tzvelev in Zlaki SSSR: 250 (1976)
- Helictotrichon desertorum subsp. centroasiaticum Holub in Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 7: 421 (1972)
- Helictotrichon desertorum var. planitierum Pavlov in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 22: 721 (1963)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regional: Central Asia
  - Altay, Buryatiya, Irkutsk, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Tuva, Uzbekistan
- Regional: Siberia
  - Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia
Continental: Europe
- Regional: Central Europe
  - Austria, Czechia-Slovakia
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Central European Russia, East European Russia
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - South European Russia, Ukraine

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