Details for: PI 574516, Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D. R. Dewey, 'ALKAR'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D. R. Dewey

Cultivar:

'ALKAR'

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1965

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Backup Location:

National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation

Availability

Form	Quantity	Note	Inventory	Cart
Seed	100 count		PI 574516 2017i SD

Seed available for distribution is a limited resource. The quantity of seed distributed is hopefully sufficient to conduct the intended research. If additional seed is required, the recipient is urged to grow and reproduce the seed. Repeated requests for seed of the same accession will not be honored.

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D. R. Dewey

Cultivar:

'ALKAR'

Origin:

Collected – Former, Soviet Union

Maintained:

Western Regional PI Station

Received by NPGS:

1965

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

Former, Soviet Union

Donated

1965.
Washington, United States

Donor(s):

USDA, SCS

Accession Names and Identifiers

'ALKAR'

Type: Cultivar name

USDA, SCS

W6 995

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

Narrative

Very alkali tolerant forage. Tall growing, erect, very late maturing, vigorous, high producing bunch type wheatgrass. Coarse, long, blue-green leaves, abundant culms, good seed producer with large seeds and good seedling vigor. Well adapted to poorly drained soils and semi-arid regions where rain is > 10 inches or elevation 4,000-6,000 feet.

Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D. R. Dewey

Genus:

Thinopyrum

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

314143

Place of publication:

J. P. Gustafson, Gene Manipulat. Pl. Improv. 274. 1984

Comment:

non Thinopyrum elongatum auct. nonn. (= T. ponticum (Podp.) Barkworth & D. R. Dewey)

Verified:

12/21/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Triticum elongatum Host

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron elongatum (Host) P. Beauv.
Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark subsp. elongatus
Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski subsp. elongata
Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) Á. Löve

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron rigidum (Schrad.) P. Beauv.
Triticum rigidum Schrad.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	tall wheatgrass	as Elytrigia elongata	1	Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2 Note: as Elytrigia elongata
French	chiendent allongé	as Agropyron elongatum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron elongatum
German	lange Quecke	as Agropyron elongatum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron elongatum
Italian	agropiro allungato		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Spanish	agropiro alargado	as Agropyron elongatum	2	Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron elongatum

Annotations

Nomenclature Name Change: 21 Dec 2007, from Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski to Thinopyrum elongatum (Host) D. R. Dewey

Observations

Phenotype Data