Taxon:  Hordeum murinum L. subsp. glaucum (Steud.) Tzvelev



Summary
Genus:
Hordeum
Subgenus:
Hordeum
Section:
Trichostachys
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Nomen number:
102507
Place of publication:
Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 8:67.  1971
Verified:
11/05/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
30 (27  active, 27  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hordeum murinum L. (21 active accession[s])
Hordeum murinum L. subsp. leporinum (Link) Arcang. (14 active accession[s])
Hordeum murinum L. subsp. montanum (Hack.) H. Scholz & Raus (0 active accession[s])
Hordeum murinum L. subsp. murinum (0 active accession[s])
Hordeum murinum L. subsp. setariurum H. Scholz & Raus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Hordeum glaucum Steud.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Critesion glaucum (Steud.) Á. Löve

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hordeum stebbinsii Covas

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. Blattner, F. R. 2004. Phylogenetic analysis of Hordeum (Poaceae) as inferred by nuclear rDNA ITS sequences. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 33:289-299. Note: based on ITS data the sister affinity of this taxon with I-genome carriers (Hordeum bulbosum & H. vulgare) was weakly supported indicating "a nearly simultaneous split of the basal lineages" in the genus
  4. Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In D. C. Rasmusson, ed., Barley. Agronomy 26:35.
  5. Bothmer, R. von. 1996. Distribution and habitat preferences in the genus Hordeum in Iran and Turkey. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 98B(suppl.):114.
  6. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  7. Doebley, J. et al. 1992. Chloroplast DNA variation and the phylogeny of Hordeum (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 79:576-584. Note: used one accession of this annual diploid taxon that clustered together with other cytotypes of the other subspp., but supporting an ancient genome differentiation from other ones in Hordeum
  8. El-Rabey, H. A. et al. 2002. Speciation and species separation in Hordeum (Poaceae) resolved by discontinuous molecular markers. Pl. Biol. 4:567-575.
  9. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  10. Faruqi, S. A. 1980. Studies on Lybian grasses VI. An annotated catalogue and key to the species. Willdenowia 10:197. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
  11. Fleet, B. & G. Gill. 2012. Seed dormancy and seedling recruitment in smooth barley (Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum) populations in Southern Australia. Weed Sci. 60:394-400. DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-11-00203.1. Note: a diploid member of the Hordeum murinum complex; weedy, grazed in early season of annual pastures
  12. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  13. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  14. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  15. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  16. Iqbal, N. et al. 2019. Biology and management of two Hordeum weedy species: a review. Crop Protect. 125:104908. DOI: 10.1016/j.cropro.2019.104908.
  17. Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
  18. Jakob, S. S. & F. R. Blattner. 2010. Two extinct diploid progenitors were involved in allopolyploid formation in the Hordeum murinum (Poaceae: Triticeae) taxon complex. Molec. Phylogenet. Evol. 55:650-659.
  19. Komatsuda, T. et al. 1999. Phylogeny in the genus Hordeum based on nucleotide sequences closely linked to the vrs1 locus (row number of spikelets). Genome 42:973-981.
  20. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  21. Nishikawa, T. et al. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hordeum using three chloroplast DNA sequences. Genome 45:1157-1166. Note: used one accession of this taxon as a base for discussing polyploid affinities in the genus; obtained 1 (of 8) subclade with all cytotypes (subspp.), suggesting maternal parents of polyploids must be lower-ploidy Hordeum murinum
  22. Petersen, G. & O. Seberg. 2003. Phylogenetic analyses of the diploid species of Hordeum (Poaceae) and a revised classification of the genus. Syst. Bot. 28:293-306. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  23. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  24. Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
  25. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
  26. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
  27. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  28. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  29. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Hordeum glaucum Steud.
  30. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishsmooth barley  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedishspädkorn  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt n.El-Rabey, H. A. et al. 2002. Speciation and species separation in Hordeum (Poaceae) resolved by discontinuous molecular markers. Pl. Biol. 4:567-575.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.Faruqi, S. A. 1980. Studies on Lybian grasses VI. An annotated catalogue and key to the species. Willdenowia 10:197. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaSaudi Arabia n.Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan s.e.Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Hordeum glaucum Steud.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Hordeum glaucum Steud.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir Faruqi, S. A. 1980. Studies on Lybian grasses VI. An annotated catalogue and key to the species. Willdenowia 10:197. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraineKrym Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreeceKríti Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFranceCorse Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain s.Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa  Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia e. & s.George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew ZealandSouth Island Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada s.w.FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California (Norte) Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBoliviaLa Paz Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Saudi Arabia (n.)
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.e.), Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan
Europe
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine [Krym]
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Greece [Kríti]
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (s.), France [Corse], Portugal
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia (e. & s.)
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand [South Island]
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]
  • REGION: Canada (s.w.), United States
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia [La Paz]
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile

Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  2. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  3. El-Rabey, H. A. et al. 2002. Speciation and species separation in Hordeum (Poaceae) resolved by discontinuous molecular markers. Pl. Biol. 4:567-575.
  4. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  5. Faruqi, S. A. 1980. Studies on Lybian grasses VI. An annotated catalogue and key to the species. Willdenowia 10:197. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
  6. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  7. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  8. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  9. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  10. Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
  11. Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:457.
  12. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  13. Renvoize, S. A. 1998. Gramineas de Bolivia
  14. Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert.
  15. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
  16. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. Note: = Hordeum glaucum
  17. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  18. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  19. Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966-. Flora palaestina. Note: = Hordeum glaucum Steud.
  20. Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Weedseed contaminantfor cereal fields in AustraliaFleet, B. & G. Gill. 2012. Seed dormancy and seedling recruitment in smooth barley (Hordeum murinum ssp. glaucum) populations in Southern Australia. Weed Sci. 60:394-400. DOI: 10.1614/WS-D-11-00203.1. Note: a diploid member of the Hordeum murinum complex; weedy, grazed in early season of annual pastures
Weedseed contaminantpotentialGibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=102507. Accessed 15 April 2026.