Synonyms:

• (=) Agropyron elongatum auct. nonn.
• (≡) Elymus elongatus subsp. ponticus (Podp.) Melderis
• (=) Elymus obtusiflorus (DC.) Conert
• (=) Elytrigia elongata auct. nonn.
• (≡) Elytrigia elongata subsp. pontica (Podp.) Gamisans
• (=) Elytrigia obtusiflora (DC.) Tzvelev
• (≡) Elytrigia pontica (Podp.) Holub
• (≡) Lophopyrum ponticum (Podp.) Á. Löve
• (=) Thinopyrum elongatum auct. nonn.
• (=) Triticum giganteum Roth
• (=) Triticum obtusiflorum DC.
• Basionym: Triticum ponticum Podp.

Common names:

• rush wheatgrass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• tall wheatgrass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• pontische Quecke  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• stumpfblütige Quecke  (Source: Zander Ency) - German
• saltelm  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish

Economic Importance:

• Environmental: erosion control (fide F NAmer)
• Environmental: revegetator (for alkaline soils fide Grass VarUSA, as Elytrigia elongata)
• Animal food: fodder (fide Grass VarUSA, as Elytrigia elongata)
• Animal food: forage (fide Grass VarUSA, as Elytrigia elongata)
• Gene sources: crop quality for wheat (fide Genome 53:1083. 2010)
• Gene sources: potential for salt tolerance in wheat (fide J Exp Bot 57:1072-1073. 2006)
• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (based on hybrids with Triticum aestivum fide Genome 39:1062. 1996)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part, [European part (c. & s.)] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Former Yugoslavia, Greece, Italy, Romania


Cultivated

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia

Northern America

• NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua]
• Canada, United States


Naturalized

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia [Tasmania, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria]

Europe

• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Germany
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain

Northern America

• SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Yukon Territory (s.)]
• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec (s.), Nova Scotia, Ontario]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [South Carolina]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas (w.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah]

Southern America

• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chubut, La Pampa, Salta, Tierra del Fuego]

References:

1. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource on www.skud.info). 2012 (Kulturvaxtdatabas)
2. Colmer, T. D. et al. 2006. Use of wild relatives to improve salt tolerance in wheat J. Exp. Bot. 57:1059-1078.
3. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
4. Wang, R. R.-C. et al. 2010. Analyses of Thinopyrum bessarabicum, T. elongatum, and T. junceum chromosomes using EST-SSR markers (Genome) 53:1083-1089.
5. Zhang. X. et al. 1996. Characterization of genomes and chromosomes in partial amphiploids of the hybrid Triticum aestivum × Thinopyrum ponticum by in situ hybridization, isozyme analysis, and RAPD (Genome) 39:1062-1071.
6. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. 1994 (L Grass Argent)

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=314153. Accessed 16 mayo 2024.