Taxon: Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey subsp. brevifolius (J. G. Sm.) Barkworth

See other conspecific taxa:

• Elymus elymoides (99 accessions)
• Elymus elymoides subsp. californicus (2 accessions)
• Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides (39 accessions)
• Elymus elymoides subsp. hordeoides (no accessions)

Economic importance:

• Gene sources: tertiary genetic relative of wheat   (fide Wild Crop Rel Cer 2:78. 2011)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, South Dakota
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado, Idaho [s.?], Oregon
  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

References:

• Baldwin, B. G. et al., eds. The Jepson manual: vascular plants of California (on-line resource). [= Elymus elymoides var. brevifolius (J. G. Sm.) Dorn].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Larson, S. R. et al. 2003. Amplified fragment length polymorphism in Elymus elymoides, Elymus multisetus, and other Elymus taxa. Canad. J. Bot. 81:789–804. [this study did not find support for a monophyletic subsp. brevifolius].
• Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:287.
• Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. Pp. 77–108 in: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals. [this review mentioned the diversity of genome constitution in Triticeae, all types found in Elymus able to cross with wheat].

Synonyms:

• (≡) Elymus elymoides var. brevifolius (J. G. Sm.) Dorn
  
• (=) Elymus longifolius (J. G. Sm.) Gould
  
• (≡) Sitanion brevifolium J. G. Sm. (basionym)
  
• (=) Sitanion longifolium J. G. Sm.
  

Check other web resources for Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey subsp. brevifolius (J. G. Sm.) Barkworth:

• 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

Check other databases for 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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