Taxon: Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á. Löve

Genus:

Pseudoroegneria

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Hordeinae

Nomen number:

313402

Place of publication:

Taxon 29:168. 1980

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

10-sep-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 07-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Agropyron divergens Vasey
(=) Agropyron divergens var. inerme Scribn. & J. G. Sm.
(=) Agropyron inerme (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Rydb.
(≡) Agropyron spicatum (Pursh) Scribn. & J. G. Sm.
(=) Agropyron spicatum f. inerme (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Beetle
(=) Agropyron spicatum var. inerme (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) A. Heller
(≡) Elymus spicatus (Pursh) Gould
(≡) Elytrigia spicata (Pursh) D. R. Dewey
Basionym: Festuca spicata Pursh
(=) Pseudoroegneria spicata subsp. inermis (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Á. Löve

Common names:

beardless wheatgrass (Source: Grass US) - English
bluebunch wheatgrass (Source: World Econ Pl) - English

Economic Importance:

Environmental: erosion control (fide Grass VarUSA)
Environmental: revegetator (fide Grass VarUSA)
Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA)

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Yukon Territory (s.)] United States [Alaska (s.e.)]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Alberta, British Columbia]
NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Michigan (n.)]
NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Nebraska (w.), North Dakota (w.), South Dakota (w.)]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]

References:

Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995 (Grass VarUSA)
FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Hitchcock, A. S. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. 1950 (Grass US)

Check other web resources for Pseudoroegneria spicata (Pursh) Á. Löve :

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=313402. Accessed 16 mayo 2024.