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)
  

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:

Native:

• 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.]

Other:

• naturalized in w. North America

References:

• Baden, C. 1991. A taxonomic revision of Psathyrostachys (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 11:21–23.
• Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China)
• 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)
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000. Flora of Siberia (English translation). (F Siberia)
• 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. (Food Feed Crops US)
• Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
• Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006–. Flora of the Lower Volga region. (F LowVolga)
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
• Wei, J.-Z. et al. 1997. Genet. Resources Crop Evol. 44:117–125.
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition). (F ChinaEng)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Psathyrostachys juncea.

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

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 13 accessions)
• Psathyrostachys caespitosa (Sukaczev) Peschkova [= Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  
• Psathyrostachys hyalantha (Rupr.) Tzvelev [≡ Psathyrostachys juncea subsp. hyalantha]
  

Check other databases for Psathyrostachys juncea (Fisch.) Nevski:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• 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
• 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.

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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