Taxon: Aegilops geniculata Roth

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CA(as Aegilops ovata)*, OR(as Aegilops ovata)*.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

Link to noxious weed information from

Common names:

• ovate goat grass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English
  
• kort bockvete   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: disease resistance for wheat   (for disease resistance fide Euphytica 163:8. 2008)
  
• Gene sources: potential for pest resistance in wheat   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 45:343-345. 1998)
  
• Gene sources: secondary genetic relative of wheat   (fide Pap AU Wagen 94-7:82. 1994)
  
• Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Hungary; Switzerland
  East Europe: Ukraine - Krym
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Macedonia; Malta; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• EUROPE
  Europe [natzd. elsewhere]
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - California

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Brummitt, R. K. 1986. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 30. Taxon 35:557. [proposal to reject A. ovata L. not recommended, status of this name dubious].
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• El Bouhssini, M. et al. 1998. Identification in Aegilops species of resistant sources to Hessian fly (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae). Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 45:343–345.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hammer, K. 1980. Zur Taxonomie und Nomenklatur der Gattung Aegilops L. Feddes Repert. 91:248.
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Lambinon, J. 1981. (588) Proposition de rejet Aegilops ovata L. Taxon 30:361. [proposal to reject A. ovata L., which in part = A. geniculata].
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:503.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Schneider, A. et al. 2008. Utilisation of Aegilops (goatgrass) species to widen the genetic diversity of cultivated wheat. Euphytica 163:8–9.
• Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94–7:220.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Aegilops geniculata.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Aegilops geniculata.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Aegilops geniculata.

Synonyms:

• (=) Aegilops geniculata subsp. geniculata
  (previously associated with 12 accessions)
• (=) Aegilops geniculata subsp. gibberosa (Zhuk.) K. Hammer
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Aegilops ovata auct.
  (previously associated with 100 accessions)
• (=) Aegilops ovata subsp. gibberosa Zhuk.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Triticum ovatum auct.
  (previously associated with 66 accessions)

Check other web resources for Aegilops geniculata Roth:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Spikelets and/or florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Typical spikes: National Small Grains Collection image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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