Taxon: Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski

See also subordinate taxa:

• Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha (4 accessions)
• Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. juncea (no accessions)

Common names:

• Russian-wild rye   (Source: GRACE 44:117. 1997) – English
  
• xin mai cao   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• lomkokolosnik sitnikovyj   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• stäppråg   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Animal food: forage   (fide Grass USSR; Genet Res Crop Evol 44:117. 1997)
  
• Gene sources: disease resistance for wheat   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 44:117. 1997)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Afghanistan [e.]
  Siberia: Russian Federation - Altay, Gorno-Altay, Krasnoyarsk [s.], Kurgan, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tuva, Tyumen [s.]
  Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan [n.]; Uzbekistan [n.]
  Mongolia: Mongolia
  China: China - Gansu, Nei Monggol, Xinjiang
• EUROPE
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part [s.e.]

• NORTHERN AMERICA
  North America [w.]

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Baden, C. 1991. A taxonomic revision of Psathyrostachys (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 11:21–23.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
• Englert, J. M. et al. 1999–. USDA-NRCS Improved conservation plant materials released by NRCS and cooperators.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:474.
• Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2.
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica.
• Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006–. Flora of the Lower Volga region.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
• Wei, J.-Z. et al. 1997. Genetic variability in Russian wildrye (Psathyrostachys juncea) assessed by RAPD. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:117–125.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Psathyrostachys juncea.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Psathyrostachys juncea.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Psathyrostachys juncea.

Synonyms:

• Elymus caespitosa Sukaczev [= Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  
• (=) Elymus desertorum Kar. & Kir.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Elymus hyalanthus Rupr. [≡ Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  
• Elymus junceus Fisch. [≡ Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. juncea]
  (previously associated with 14 accessions)
• Psathyrostachys caespitosa (Sukaczev) Peschkova [= Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  
• Psathyrostachys hyalantha (Rupr.) Tzvelev [≡ Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  

Check other web resources for Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• 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
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• 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.

Images:

• GRIN Images of germplasm accessions.
• Florets: Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University

More:

• 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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