Synonyms:

• (≡) Agropyron caninum (L.) P. Beauv.
• (≡) Agropyron caninum [unranked] muticum Holmb.
• (=) Elymus caninus var. behmii (Melderis) Jaaska
• (=) Elymus caninus var. muticus (Holmb.) Karlsson
• (≡) Elytrigia canina (L.) Drobow
• (=) Roegneria behmii Melderis
• (≡) Roegneria canina (L.) Nevski
• Basionym: Triticum caninum L.

Common names:

• bearded couch  (Source: F GB Ire) - English
• bearded wheatgrass  (Source: F NAmer) - English
• fibrous wheatgrass  (Source: Weed CIBA) - English
• lundelm  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• quan cao  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk, Tuva, Tyumen, Yakutia-Sakha (s.)]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan
• CHINA: China [Xinjiang]

Asia-Tropical

• INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.), Pakistan (n.)

Europe

• NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom
• MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland
• EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Russian Federation-European part, [European part] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (incl. Corsica), Spain


Naturalized

Asia-Temperate

• EASTERN ASIA: Japan

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. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
3. Davis, P. H., ed. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. 1965-1988 (F Turk)
4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). (EuroMed Plantbase)
5. FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
6. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000- (F Siberia)
7. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970- (F Pak)
8. Sell, P. & G. Murrell Flora of Great Britain and Ireland. 1996- (F GB Ire)
9. Sun, G.-I. et al. 1998. Characterization and analysis of microsatellite loci in Elymus caninus (Triticeae: Poaceae) Theor. Appl. Genet. 96:676-682.
10. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980 (F Eur)
11. Tzvelev, N. N. Zlaki SSSR. 1976 (Grass USSR)
12. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.
13. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. Flora of China (English edition). 1994- (F ChinaEng)

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=32016. Accessed 16 mayo 2024.