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Taxon: Elymus hoffmannii K. B. Jensen & K. H. Asay

Genus: Elymus
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Triticeae.
Nomen number: 408527
Place of publication: Int. J. Pl. Sci. 157:758. 1996 "hoffmanni"
Comment: name of collector for whom this species names given variously as "Hoffmann" and "Hoffman"
Name verified on: 09-Nov-2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 09-Nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • Hoffmann's wheatgrass   (Source: F NAmer )

Economic importance:

  • Animal food: forage   (fide Int. J. Pl. Sci. 157:757. 1996)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Turkey

References:

More:

Check other databases for Elymus hoffmannii K. B. Jensen & K. H. Asay:

  • 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.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google 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.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?408527 (21 November 2009)

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