Details for: W6 25189, Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy, Zhitnyak

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Top Name:

Zhitnyak

Origin:

Collected – Kazakhstan

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

23 Jan 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Top Name:

Zhitnyak

Origin:

Collected – Kazakhstan

Maintained:

Historic Record

Received by NPGS:

23 Jan 2004

Improvement Status:

Wild material

Form Received:

Seed

Life Form:

Perennial

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Source History

Collected

23 August 2003.
Kazakhstan
Locality: Almaty province, mountains Malai-Sary, foothill plains.
Environment description: Sandy soil; good drainage. Desert plants: Ferula leiophilla, Eremurus inderiense, Astragalus sp., Calliponum aphyllum and other.
Comment: Population frequent; uniform distribution.
Collector(s):

Accession Names and Identifiers

Zhitnyak

Type: Local name

K2003-144

Type: Collector identifier

W6 25189

Type: Site identifier

Group: W6

Western Regional Plant Introduction (W6) accession numbers

USDA-ARS, WRPIS

NGRL 502

Type: Site identifier

Group: NGRL

National Germplasm Resources Laboratory

USDA, ARS, NGRL

SYK 0803

Type: Exploration identifier

Group: PEO-EXPLORATIONS

Exploration ID links

Narrative

Perennial; height 50-100 cm; forms dense tussocks; stem upstraight, rough under spikes; leaves nareow linear, naked underneath, smooth; upper side rough; spike dense, linear, 5-15 cm high; 5-12 mm wide; awns rough; spikelets light green, linear, 5-9 floral, spikelet glumes pointed.

Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy

Genus:

Agropyron

Family:

Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)

Subfamily:

Pooideae

Tribe:

Triticeae

Nomen number:

102520

Place of publication:

Arch. Biol. Vég. Pure Appl. 1:58. 1901

Verified:

11/06/2007 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

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

Basionym
Triticum fragile Roth

Autonym(s)
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy subsp. fragile

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agropyron fragile (Roth) P. Candargy subsp. sibiricum (Willd.) Melderis
Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv.
Agropyron sibiricum (Willd.) P. Beauv. var. sibiricum
Triticum sibiricum Willd.

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	crested wheatgrass		1	Dewey, D. R. 1986. Taxonomy of the crested wheatgrasses (Agropyron). In: Johnson, K. L., ed., Crested wheatgrass: its values, problems and myths; symposium proceedings. 31-41. Note: Utah State University, Logan, Utah
English	Siberian crested wheatgrass		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English	Siberian wheatgrass	as Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum	1	Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: = Agropyron fragile subsp. sibiricum

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