Taxon: Hordeum jubatum L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium (no accessions)
• Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum (no accessions)

Common names:

• bobtail barley   (Source: Pl Syst Evol 190:97. [as H. caespitosum]) – English   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium]
  
• foxtail barley   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  
• foxtail barley   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• intermediate barley   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium]
  
• squirrel-tail barley   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• squirrel-tail grass   (Source: F NAmer ) – English   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• orge à crinière   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  
• orge agréable   (Source: F NAmer ) – French   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• orge queue d'écureuil   (Source: F NAmer ) – French   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• queue d'écureuil   (Source: F NAmer ) – French   [Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• Mähnengerste   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  
• cevada-de-jardim   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• cevada-rabo-de-raposa   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of barley   (fide Pl Syst Evol 153:55. 1986; Divers Barley 248. 2003)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury)
  
• Weed: also potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

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View toxicology references for Hordeum jubatum from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Buryatia, Irkutsk [s.], Kemerovo, Krasnoyarsk [s.], Kurgan, Omsk, Yakutia-Sakha
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Primorye
  China: China - Heilongjiang, Liaoning
• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
  Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Quebec
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, West Virginia
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maryland
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico, Texas
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Lesotho
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Novosibirsk
• AUSTRALASIA
  New Zealand: New Zealand - South Island
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland; Norway; Sweden
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine
  Southeastern Europe: Romania
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Kurile Islands
  Russian Far East: Russian Federation - Sakhalin
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Kentucky
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - North Carolina
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - South Carolina
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Tennessee
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Virginia [w. & e.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - San Luis Potosi
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Federal District
  Central Mexico: Mexico - Jalisco

References:

• Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity - on-line resource. (EuroMed Plantbase)
• Baum, B. R. & L. G. Bailey. 1994. Taxonomy of Hordeum caespitosum, H. jubatum, and H. lechleri (Poaceae: Triticeae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 190:97–111.
• Blattner, F. R. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Hordeum (Poaceae) as inferred by nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:289–299. [found a monophyletic genus with four groups concurring with the 4 recognized genomes; supports interpretation of being parental species of H. arizonicum, and comments on close affinity w. H. guatemalense,].
• Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In: American Society of Agronomy, Agronomy; a series of monographs. (Agron Monog) 26:42.
• Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1986. Interspecific crosses in Hordeum (Poaceae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 153:49–64. [reports crosses of this species with 19 different taxa in the genus, of which aneuploid chromosome number was found w. H. vulgare & haploid number w. H. bulbosum, but expected numbers w. others such as H. brachyantherum].
• Bothmer, R. von et al. 1983. Interspecific hybridization with cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare). Hereditas (Beijing) 99:219–244. [reports crosses with H. vulgare as male donor resulting in over 87% of seed production with well developed embryos & 40% of them developed seedlings].
• Bothmer, R. von, T. van Hintum, H. Knupffer & K. Sato, 2003. Diversity in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) In: Developments in Plant Genetics and Breeding, 7 . Elsevier (Divers Barley) [considers all wild species of Hordeum, except H. bulbosum, as part of the tertiary gene pool].
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
• Doebley, J. et al. 1992. Chloroplast DNA variation and the phylogeny of Hordeum (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 79:576–584. [finds that this taxon clusters among American species & close to other polyploids (H. brachyantherum 4x, H. guatemalense & H. lechleri) & 2x H. brachyantherum suggesting for the latter a role in its evolution].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14. (Pl SAfr ed2)
• Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
• Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico. (Grass Baja)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Jakob, S. S. & F. R. Blattner. 2006. A chloroplast genealogy of Hordeum (Poaceae): long-term persisting haplotypes, incomplete lineage sorting, regional extinction, and the consequences for phylogenetic inference. Molec. Biol. Evol. 23:1602–1612. [found a monophyletic genus with four groups; for this taxon 17 indiv. of 14 populations there were 3 haplotypes, one Asian, one N American & one shared w. two S American taxa, the Asian one might represent dispersal from N America].
• Kharkevich, S. S., ed. 1985. Vascular plants of the Russian Far East. (F Russ Far East)
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000. Flora of Siberia (English translation). (F Siberia)
• Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
• Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
• McVaugh, R. 1983–. Flora Novo-Galiciana. (F NGalicia)
• Nishikawa, T. et al. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hordeum using three chloroplast DNA sequences. Genome 45:1157–1166. [finds evidence for recognizing this taxon in one of the 8 supported subclades, sister to H. guatemalense & clustered w. H. depressum, and 2x-4x H. brachyantherum suggesting a maternal ancestry role for the latter diploid taxon].
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
• Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1979–. Flora fanerogámica del Valle de México. (F Valle Mex)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
• Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:394.
• Taketa, S. et al. 2005. Ancestry of American polyploid Hordeum species with the I genome inferred from 5S and 18S-25S rDNA. Ann. Bot. (Oxford) 96:23–33. [based on FISH technique finds evidence that of all analyzed perennial 4x spp. are close related sharing an Asian rDNA prob. derived from H. roshevitzii-like sp. & H. brachyantherum subsp. californicum].
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)
• Yang, J. L. et al. 1989. The genus Hordeum (Gramineae) in China. Variation and distribution. Willdenowia 16:487.
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catalogo de la familia Poaceae en la Republica Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47. (L Grass Argent)
• Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 2008. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 107:778. [introduced].

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Synonyms:

• Critesion jubatum (L.) Nevski [≡ Hordeum jubatum subsp. jubatum]
  
• Hordeum caespitosum Scribn. [= Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium]
  
• Hordeum jubatum var. caespitosum (Scribn.) Hitchc. [= Hordeum jubatum subsp. intermedium]
  

Check other databases for Hordeum jubatum L.:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• 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
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• 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.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Forestry Images: from www.forestryimages.org
• Inflorescence: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelet: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• Spikelet: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
• Spikelets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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