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Taxon:  Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.



Summary
Genus:
Agropyron
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Subtribe:
Hordeinae
Nomen number:
102774
Place of publication:
Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14(1):540. 1770
Verified:
05/20/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
27 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. brandzae (Pantu & Solacolu) Melderis (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. cristatum (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev unranked imbricatum (Roem. & Schult.) Beck (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev var. pectinatum (M. Bieb.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. sabulosum Lavrenko (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. sclerophyllum Novopokr. ex Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. tarbagataicum (N. Plotn.) Tzvelev (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. kazachstanicum Tzvelev
Agropyron deweyi A. Love
Agropyron muricatum Fisch. ex Eichw.
Agropyron ponticum Nevski
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Reference(s)
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Common names
English
crested wheatgrass –
desert wheatgrass –
fairway crested wheatgrass –
fairway wheatgrass –
French
agropyre à crête –
agropyron accrêté –
chiendent à crête –
German
Kammquecke –
Italian
agropiro crestato –
Spanish
agropiro –
agropiro crestado –
Swedish
kamvete –
Transcribed Chinese
bing cao –
Transliterated Russian
žitnâk grebenčatyj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaGansu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHebei 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaHeilongjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaQinghai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationBuryatia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationChita 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationGorno-Altay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationIrkutsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKemerovo 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKrasnoyarsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationNovosibirsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationOmsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeUkraine  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
2CultivatedAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada  
2CultivatedNorthern America United States  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2CultivatedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  
4Naturalized     
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
Native
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Morocco
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • CHINA: China [Gansu, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Altay, Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk, Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tuva]
  • WESTERN ASIA: Iran, Turkey
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Moldova, Ukraine
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain
Cultivated
Asia-Temperate
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Peru
Naturalized

  • REGION:
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Animal foodforage Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Environmentalerosion control Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. 1995
Environmentallawn/turf Cronquist, A. et al. Intermountain flora. 1972-
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102774. Accessed 30 November 2024.

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