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Taxon:  Agropyron desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Schult.



Summary
Genus:
Agropyron
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Subtribe:
Hordeinae
Nomen number:
1817
Place of publication:
Mant. 2:412. 1824
Verified:
11/06/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
2 (2  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Triticum desertorum Fisch. ex Link

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn. subsp. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Á. Löve
Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv. var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Boiss.

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Reference(s)
  1. Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource). URL: http://www.agroatlas.ru/en/content/related/Agropyron_desertorum/
  2. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
  3. Chen, Q. et al. 1990. Intergeneric hybrids between Triticum aestivum and three crested wheatgrasses: Agropyron mongolicum, A. michnoi, and A. desertorum. Genome 33:663-667.
  4. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
  5. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  6. Englert, J. M. et al. 1999. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators
  7. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. URL: http://floranorthamerica.org/ Note: = Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Agropyron+desertorum&quantity=1
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  12. Jiang, J. et al. 1994. Recent advances in alien gene transfer in wheat. Euphytica 73:199-212. Note: this review recognized Agropyron desertorum as part of the tertiary gene pool of Triticum aestivum
  13. Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000-. Flora of Siberia (English translation)
  14. Limin, A. E. & D. B. Fowler. 1990. An interspecific hybrid and amphidiploid produced from Triticum aestivum crosses with Agropyron cristatum and Agropyron desertorum. Genome 33:581-584.
  15. Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
  16. Mellish, A. et al. 2002. Genetic relationships among selected crested wheatgrass cultivars and species determined on the basis of AFLP markers. Crop Sci. (Madison) 42:1662-1668.
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  23. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  24. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals 77-108.
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Common names
English
crested wheatgrass –
desert crested wheatgrass –
desert wheatgrass –
standard crested wheatgrass –
French
chiendent désertique –
chiendent du désert –
Italian
agropiro dei deserti –
Transliterated Russian
žitnâk pustynnyj –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNei Mongol Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaNingxia Huizi Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaShanxi Sheng 
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChinaXinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu 
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationAltay 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationKurgan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationOmsk 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian FederationTuva 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean parts.e.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine e. & Krym
2CultivatedEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine  
2CultivatedNorthern America Canada c.
2CultivatedNorthern America United States w. & c.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Tuva, Altay, Kurgan, Omsk]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China [Shanxi Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part (s.e.)], Russian Federation [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd], Ukraine (e. & Krym)
Cultivated
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada (c.), United States (w. & c.)
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Animal foodfodder Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Animal foodforage Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentalerosion control Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
Environmentalrevegetator Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2


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