Agropyron Explained

Agropyron is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass.^[7]

Species

• Agropyron badamense - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
• Agropyron bulbosum - Iran^[8]
• 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
• Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis

formerly includedspecies now considered better suited in other genera: Crithopsis Elymus Kengyilia Leymus Thinopyrum Vulpia etc.

See also

• Wheatgrass
• List of Poaceae genera

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 2009-08-19 . Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. . 2008 . The Grass Genera of the World . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064238/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyron.htm . 2011-06-06 .
2. Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539
3. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034604 Tropicos, Agropyron Gaertn.
4. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100844 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
5. http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Agropyron Altervista Flora Italiana genere Agropyron
6. http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Agropyron Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
7. http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=AGROP2 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Agropyron Gaertn., wheatgrass
8. Web site: Agropyron of Iran. Flora of Iran. 1 April 2016.