Biology:Agropyron

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Short description: Genus of grasses

Wheatgrass
Agropyron cristatum[1]
Scientific classification e
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
Gaertn.
Synonyms[2]
  • Costia Willk.
  • Cynopoa Ehrh.
  • Douglasdeweya C.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum
  • Kratzmannia Opiz
  • Zeia Lunell

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]

Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass.[9]

Species[2]
formerly included[2]

species now considered better suited in other genera: Crithopsis Elymus Kengyilia Leymus Thinopyrum Vulpia etc.

See also

References

  1. ↑ illustration circa 1805, Hand-colored copper engraving of Agropyron cristatum, from Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064238/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyron.htm. Retrieved 2009-08-19. 
  4. ↑ Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539
  5. ↑ Tropicos, Agropyron Gaertn.
  6. ↑ 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
  7. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Agropyron photos and distribution maps for several species
  8. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  9. ↑ US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Agropyron Gaertn., wheatgrass
  10. ↑ "Agropyron of Iran". http://flora-iran.com/family/Poaceae/Agropyron.html. Retrieved 1 April 2016. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". 2012-03-23. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-388983. 
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Taxonomy". https://gringlobal.irri.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=50033. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Taxonomy browser (Elymus tsukushiensis)". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=129759. 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Elymus tsukushiensis Honda Taxonomy - GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.6.1". 2020-12-06. http://mgb.cimmyt.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15073. 
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". http://www.gbif.org/species/4932547. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 "Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi - Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:385317-1. 

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