Agropyron

Wheatgrass
Agropyron cristatum [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Supertribe:	Triticodae
Tribe:	Triticeae
Genus:	Agropyron Gaertn.
Type species
Agropyron cristatum Gaertn.
Synonyms [2]
CostiaWillk. CynopoaEhrh. DouglasdeweyaC.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum KratzmanniaOpiz ZeiaLunell

Agropyron is a genus of Eurasian plants in the grass family), native to Europe and Asia but widely naturalized in North America. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Species in the genus are commonly referred to as wheatgrass. ^[9]

Species ^[2]

• Agropyron badamense - Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan
• Agropyron bulbosum - Iran ^[10]
• 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 ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}
• Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi synonym Elymus tsukushiensis ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]}

formerly included ^[2]

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

See also

• Wheatgrass
• List of Poaceae genera

References

1. illustration circa 1805, Hand-colored copper engraving of Agropyron cristatum, from Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. 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.
4. Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539
5. Tropicos, Agropyron Gaertn.
6. 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
7. Altervista Flora Italiana genere Agropyron photos and distribution maps for several species
8. Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
9. US Department of Agriculture plants profile, Agropyron Gaertn., wheatgrass
10. "Agropyron of Iran". Flora of Iran. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
11. "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". The Plant List . 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2020-12-06.
12. "Taxonomy". Germplasm Resources Information Network International Rice Research Institute . Retrieved 2020-12-06.
13. "Taxonomy browser (Elymus tsukushiensis)". National Center for Biotechnology Information .
14. "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.^{[ dead link ]}
15. "Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 2020-12-06.
16. "Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi - Kew Science". Kew Gardens . Retrieved 2020-12-06.