Hordeum muticum explained

Hordeum muticum is a species of wild barley in the grass family Poaceae, native to the high central Andes; Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northern Argentina, and introduced to Ecuador.^[1] A diploid, its closest relative is Hordeum cordobense, a lowland species with a more southerly distribution.^[2]

Notes and References

1. 278265-2 . Hordeum muticum J.Presl . 9 January 2023 .
2. Phylogeographic implications of an AFLP phylogeny of the American diploid Hordeum species (Poaceae: Triticeae) . 2008 . Pleines . Thekla . Blattner . Frank R. . Taxon . 57 . 3 . 875–881 . 10.1002/tax.573016 .