Taxon: Secale cereale L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Secale cereale subsp. afghanicum (1 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. ancestrale (9 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. cereale (1963 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. dighoricum (2 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. rigidum (1 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. segetale (12 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. tetraploidum (1 accessions)
• Secale cereale subsp. tsitsinii (no accessions)

Common names:

• cereal rye   (Source: Cover Crop Database ) – English   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• rye   (Source: AH 505 ) – English
  
• rye   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• hei mai   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• seigle   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• seigle cultivé   (Source: F NAmer ) – French   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• Roggen   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• rai-mugi   (Source: Names Batra ) – Japanese Rōmaji   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• centeio   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• centeno   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish   [Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  

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see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kellerman et al.; Cooper & Johnson ed2; Lampe & McCann)
  

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View toxicology references for Secale cereale from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan; Iran; Iraq [n.]; Turkey [w.]
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Pakistan
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.]

• widely cultivated

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) - on-line resource. (PROTABASE)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators. (NRCS Cons Pl Mat)
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
• Hammer, K. et al. 1987. Vorarbeiten zur monographischen Darstellung von Wildpflanzensortimenten: Secale L. Kulturpflanze 35:147.
• Kobyljanskij, V. D. 1983. Phylogeny of the genus Secale. Trudy Prikl. Bot. 79:34.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:504.
• Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2. (Mansfeld)
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics. (CultTropS)
• Terrell, E. E. et al. 1986. Agric. Handb. no. 505. (AH 505)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Secale cereale.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Secale cereale. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• Secale afghanicum (Vavilov) Roshev. [≡ Secale cereale subsp. afghanicum]
  
• Secale ancestrale (Zhuk.) Zhuk. [≡ Secale cereale subsp. ancestrale]
  (previously associated with 7 accessions)
• Secale cereale cv. multicaule Metzg. ex Alef. [= Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Secale cereale var. viride Vavilov [= Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• Secale cereale var. vulgare Körn. & H. Werner [= Secale cereale subsp. cereale]
  
• Secale dighoricum (Vavilov) Roshev. [≡ Secale cereale subsp. dighoricum]
  
• Secale segetale (Zhuk.) Roshev. [≡ Secale cereale subsp. segetale]
  (previously associated with 17 accessions)
• Secale segetale subsp. dighoricum (Vavilov) Tzvelev [≡ Secale cereale subsp. dighoricum]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Secale turkestanicum Bensin [= Secale cereale subsp. rigidum]
  

Check other databases for Secale cereale L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• 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:

• Florets: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

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• 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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