Taxon: Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) Feilberg

Genus:

Elymus

Family:

Poaceae (alt.Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Subtribe:

Hordeinae

Nomen number:

454271

Place of publication:

Meddel. Grønland, Biosci. 15:12. 1984

Link to protologue:

Typification:

Name Verified on:

08-nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last Changed: 13-mar-2017

Species priority site is:

Western Regional PI Station (W6)

Accessions:

0 in National Plant Germplasm System

Synonyms:

(=) Agropyron latiglume (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Rydb.
(≡) Agropyron violaceum (Hornem.) Lange
(=) Agropyron violaceum var. latiglume Scribn. & J. G. Sm.
(=) Elymus alaskanus subsp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Á. Löve
(=) Elymus trachycaulus subsp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J. G. Sm.) Barkworth & D. R. Dewey, nom. inval.
(≡) Elymus trachycaulus subsp. violaceus (Hornem.) Á. Löve & D. Löve
(≡) Roegneria violacea (Hornem.) Melderis
Basionym: Triticum violaceum Hornem.

Common names:

Arctic wheatgrass (Source: F NAmer) - English
élyme latiglume (Source: F NAmer) - French

Economic Importance:

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

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada, [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory] Greenland, United States [Alaska]
EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Quebec (n.), Ontario (n.)]
WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan, Alberta, Manitoba, British Columbia]
NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Colorado, Idaho, Montana (w.), Oregon, Washington, Wyoming]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Nevada]

References:

FNA Editorial Committee Flora of North America. 1993- (F NAmer)
Ni, Y. et al. 2011. Maternal origin, genome constitution and evolutionary relationships of polyploid Elymus species and Hordelymus europaeus Biol. Pl. 55:68-74.
Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys (Wild Crop Rel Cer) 77-108.

Check other web resources for Elymus violaceus (Hornem.) Feilberg :

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
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=454271. Accessed 16 mayo 2024.