Agropyron is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
grassGrasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns...
es (
familyFamily denotes a group of people or animals affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence...
PoaceaePoaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
), native to
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
. Species in the genus are
commonlyA common name is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with a scientific name...
referred to as crested-wheat grasses. In North America, species were introduced.
- Agropyron badamense Drobov
- Agropyron brownei (Kunth) Tsvelev
- Agropyron bulbosum Boiss.
- Agropyron calcis (Connor & Molloy)
- Agropyron cimmericum Nevski
- Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron cristatum is a species in the Poaceae family. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control.-External links:** hosted by the...
(L.) Gaertn.Joseph Gaertner was a German botanist.His major publication is De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum ....
- Crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron cristatum subsp.
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Agropyron is a
genusIn biology, a genus is a taxonomic unit used in the classification of living and fossil organisms. The term comes from Latin genus "descent, family, type, gender" , cognate with – genos, "race, stock, kin" ..In addition, genus is a taxonomic rank in the hierarchy In biology, a genus (plural:...
of
grassGrasses, or more technically graminoids, are monocotyledonous, usually herbaceous plants with narrow leaves growing from the base. They include the "true grasses", of the Poaceae family, as well as the sedges and the rushes . The true grasses include cereals, bamboo and the grasses of lawns...
es (
familyFamily denotes a group of people or animals affiliated by a consanguinity, affinity or co-residence...
PoaceaePoaceae or Gramineae is a family in the Class Liliopsida of the flowering plants. Plants of this family are usually called grasses, or, to distinguish them from other graminoids, true grasses; the shrub- or tree-like plants in this family are called bamboo...
), native to
EuropeEurope is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus Mountains , and the Black Sea to the southeast...
and
AsiaAsia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.6% of the earth's total surface area and with approximately 4 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population.Asia is traditionally defined as part of the...
. Species in the genus are
commonlyA common name is a name in general use within a community; it is often contrasted with a scientific name...
referred to as crested-wheat grasses. In North America, species were introduced.
Species and subspecies
- Agropyron badamense Drobov
- Agropyron brownei (Kunth) Tsvelev
- Agropyron bulbosum Boiss.
- Agropyron calcis (Connor & Molloy)
- Agropyron cimmericum Nevski
- Agropyron cristatum
Agropyron cristatum is a species in the Poaceae family. This plant is often used as forage and erosion control.-External links:** hosted by the...
(L.) Gaertn.Joseph Gaertner was a German botanist.His major publication is De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum ....
- Crested wheatgrass
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. baicalense
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. cristatum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. kazachstanicum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. pectinatum
- Agropyron cristatum var. pluriforme
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. ponticum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. puberulum
- Agropyron cristatum subsp. sabulosum
- Agropyron dasyanthum Ledeb.
- Agropyron desertorum
Agropyron desertorum is a species in the Poaceae family.-External links:*...
(Fisch. ex Link) Schult. - Desert Wheatgrass
- Agropyron deweyi A.Löve.
- Agropyron fragile
Agropyron fragile is a species in the Poaceae family.-External links:**...
(Roth) P. Candargy - Siberian wheatgrass
- Agropyron junceiforme - Sand Couch Grass
- Agropyron krylovianum Schischkin
- Agropyron michnoi Roshev.
- Agropyron mongolicum Keng
- Agropyron praetermissum (Nevski)
- Agropyron pungens
Agropyron pungens is a species of grass of the genus Agropyron in the Poaceae family. It is a common grass species native to Europe and Asia. Agropyron pungens is typically found in sandy, and saline environments and can tolerate harsh weather conditions; because of this it is a common pioneer...
- Sea Couch Grass
- Agropyron retrofractum Vickery
- Agropyron smithii Rydb. - Western wheatgrass
- Agropyron subsecundum - Awned Wheatgrass
- Agropyron tanaiticum~ Nevski
- Agropyron thomsonii Hook. f.
- Agropyron uncinatum (Veldk.)
- Agropyron velutinum~ Nees
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