Taxon: Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Genus:

Agropyron

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Hordeinae

Nomen number:

102520

Place of publication:

Arch. Biol. Vég. Pure Appl. 1:58. 1901

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

06-nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 09-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Agropyron fragile subsp. fragile (Roth) P. Candargy
(=) Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis
(=) Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv.
Basionym: Triticum fragile Roth
(=) Triticum sibiricum Willd.

Common names:

crested wheatgrass (Source: Crested Wheatgrass) - English
Siberian crested wheatgrass (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
Siberian wheatgrass (Source: Grass VarUSA) - English

Economic Importance:

Environmental: revegetator (of rangelands fide Grass VarUSA, as A. fragile subsp. sibiricum)
Animal food: fodder (fide Food Feed Crops US, as A. fragile subsp. sibiricum)
Animal food: forage (fide Food Feed Crops US, as A. fragile subsp. sibiricum)
Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

CAUCASUS: Azerbaijan, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay]
MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
CHINA: China [Hebei, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang]

Europe

EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)]

Cultivated

Northern America

United States (w.)

References:

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001 (Mansf Ency)
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000- (F Siberia)
Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 (Grass USSR)
Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.

Check other web resources for Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy :

PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
BONAP North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program:
TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://germoplasma.iniaf.gob.bo/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=102520. Accessed 15 mayo 2024.