Synonyms:

• (≡) Agropyron elongatum (Host) P. Beauv.
• (=) Agropyron rigidum (Schrad.) P. Beauv.
• (≡) Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
• (≡) Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
• (≡) Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) Á. Löve
• Basionym: Triticum elongatum Host
• (=) Triticum rigidum Schrad.

Common names:

• tall wheatgrass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• chiendent allongé  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• lange Quecke  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• agropiro allungato  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• agropiro alargado  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (fide Food Feed Crops US, as Elytrigia elongata)
• Animal food: forage (fide Food Feed Crops US, as Elytrigia elongata)
• Gene sources: potential for salt tolerance in wheat (fide J Exp Bot 57:1070. 2006)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (based on induced chromosome translocation from "Agropyron elongatum" fide Euphytica 73:206, 207. 1994)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Syria, Turkey (w.)
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part, [European part (s.)] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)

References:

1. Colmer, T. D. et al. 2006. Use of wild relatives to improve salt tolerance in wheat J. Exp. Bot. 57:1059-1078.
2. International Seed Testing Association A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2. 1982 (Mult Glossary Crops)
3. Jiang, J. et al. 1994. Recent advances in alien gene transfer in wheat (Euphytica) 73:199-212.
4. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994 (Dict Rehm)

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=314143. Accessed 15 mayo 2024.