Taxon: Elymus multisetus (J. G. Sm.) Burtt Davy

Common names:

• big squirreltail   (Source: F CalifJep ) – English
  

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)
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [n.w.], Idaho, Oregon, Washington [e.]
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona [n.w.], California, Nevada, Utah
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte

References:

• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. [= Sitanion jubatum J. G. Sm.].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico.
• Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California.
• Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. [= Sitanion jubatum J. G. Sm.].
• 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 included twelve USDA accessions].
• Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals. 77–108. [this review mentioned the diversity of genome constitution in Triticeae, all types found in Elymus able to cross with wheat].
• Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. [mentions].

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Elymus multisetus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Elymus multisetus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Elymus multisetus.

Synonyms:

• (=) Sitanion jubatum J. G. Sm.
  
• (≡) Sitanion multisetum J. G. Sm. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Elymus multisetus (J. G. Sm.) Burtt Davy:

• 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.

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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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