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Genus of grasses
Agropyron is a
genus of
Eurasian plants in the
grass family ), native to
Europe and
Asia but widely naturalized in
North America .
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Species in the genus are
commonly referred to as wheatgrass.
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Species
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Agropyron badamense -
Tajikistan ,
Kyrgyzstan ,
Uzbekistan ,
Kazakhstan
Agropyron bulbosum -
Iran
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Agropyron cimmericum -
Ukraine ,
Crimea
Agropyron cristatum - Crested wheatgrass -
Eurasia +
North Africa from Spain +
Morocco to
Korea +
Khabarovsk ; naturalized in western + central
North America (United States, Canada, northern Mexico)
Agropyron dasyanthum -
Ukraine
Agropyron desertorum - Desert Wheatgrass - from
Crimea +
Caucasus to
Mongolia +
Siberia
Agropyron deweyi -
Turkey
Agropyron fragile - Siberian wheatgrass - from
Caucasus to
Mongolia ; naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada
Agropyron michnoi -
Buryatiya ,
Zabaykalsky Krai ,
Mongolia ,
Inner Mongolia
Agropyron mongolicum -
Gansu ,
Inner Mongolia ,
Ningxia ,
Shaanxi ,
Shanxi ,
Xinjiang
Agropyron × pilosiglume -
European Russia
Agropyron tanaiticum -
Ukraine ,
European Russia
Agropyron thomsonii - Western
Himalayas
Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis
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Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis
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formerly included
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species now considered better suited in other genera:
Crithopsis
Elymus
Kengyilia
Leymus
Thinopyrum
Vulpia etc.
See also
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Agropyron .
^ illustration circa 1805, Hand-colored copper engraving of Agropyron cristatum , from Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
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Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. (2008).
"The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references" . The Grass Genera of the World . Archived from
the original on 2011-06-06. Retrieved 2009-08-19 .
^ Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539
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Tropicos, Agropyron Gaertn.
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Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 386, 387, 437 冰草属 bing cao shu Agropyron Gaertner, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14: 539. 1770
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Altervista Flora Italiana genere Agropyron photos and distribution maps for several species
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Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
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US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Agropyron Gaertn., wheatgrass
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"Agropyron of Iran" . Flora of Iran . Retrieved 1 April 2016 .
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"Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi" .
The Plant List . 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-06 .
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"Taxonomy" .
Germplasm Resources Information Network
International Rice Research Institute . Retrieved 2020-12-06 .
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"Taxonomy browser (Elymus tsukushiensis)" .
National Center for Biotechnology Information .
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"Elymus tsukushiensis Honda Taxonomy - GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.6.1" .
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center . 2020-12-06. Retrieved 2020-12-06 .
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"Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi" .
Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2020-12-06 .
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"Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi - Kew Science" .
Kew Gardens . Retrieved 2020-12-06 .