Taxon:  Hordeum murinum L. subsp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.



Summary
Genus:
Hordeum
Subgenus:
Hordeum
Section:
Trichostachys
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Triticeae
Nomen number:
102928
Place of publication:
Comp. fl. ital. 805.  1882
Verified:
11/05/2007 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
19 (14  active, 14  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hordeum murinum L. (21 active accession[s])
Hordeum murinum L. subsp. glaucum (Steud.) Tzvelev (27 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 leporinum Link

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Critesion murinum (L.) Á. Löve subsp. leporinum (Link) Á. Löve
Hordeum leporinum Link var. leporinum

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Hordeum hrasdanicum Gandilyan
Hordeum leporinum Link var. simulans Bowden

Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Spikelet

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. Amirouche, R. & M.-T. Misset. 2003. Hordein polymorphism in diploid and tetraploid Mediterranean populations of the Hordeum murinum L. complex. Pl. Syst. Evol. 242:83-99.
  4. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  5. Baum, B. R. et al. 2005. Ancient differentiation of the H & I haplomes in diploid Hordeum species based on 5S rDNA. Genome 48:610-618.
  6. Bothmer, R. von & N. Jacobsen. 1985. Origin, taxonomy, and related species. In D. C. Rasmusson, ed., Barley. Agronomy 26:35.
  7. Bothmer, R. von. 1996. Distribution and habitat preferences in the genus Hordeum in Iran and Turkey. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 98B(suppl.):114.
  8. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
  9. Cronquist, A. et al. 1972-. Intermountain flora. Note: = Hordeum leporinum Link
  10. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  11. De Bustos, A. et al. 1999. Analysis of the genetic diversity of wild Spanish populations of the genus Hordeum through the study of their endosperm proteins. Pl. Syst. Evol. 214:235-249.
  12. Doebley, J. et al. 1992. Chloroplast DNA variation and the phylogeny of Hordeum (Poaceae). Amer. J. Bot. 79:576-584.
  13. El-Rabey, H. A. et al. 2002. Speciation and species separation in Hordeum (Poaceae) resolved by discontinuous molecular markers. Pl. Biol. 4:567-575.
  14. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  15. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  16. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  17. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
  18. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  19. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California Note: introduced
  20. Holm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds Note: = Hordeum leporinum
  21. 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.
  22. Jacobsen, N. & R. von Bothmer. 1995. Taxonomy in the Hordeum murinum complex (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 15:456.
  23. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  24. Nishikawa, T. et al. 2002. Molecular phylogeny of the genus Hordeum using three chloroplast DNA sequences. Genome 45:1157-1166.
  25. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  26. Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
  27. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006-. Flora of the Lower Volga region Note: treats as Hordeum murinum L.
  28. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
  29. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
  30. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  31. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  32. 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
Englishmouse barley  1FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
Swedishharkorn  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalAzores Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaPortugalMadeira Islands Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
1NativeAfricaMacaronesiaSpainCanarias Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaAlgeria n.Amirouche, R. & M.-T. Misset. 2003. Hordein polymorphism in diploid and tetraploid Mediterranean populations of the Hordeum murinum L. complex. Pl. Syst. Evol. 242:83-99.
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt n.Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaLibya n.Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaMorocco  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaTunisia  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan s.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  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan n.Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006-. Flora of the Lower Volga region Note: treats as Hordeum murinum L.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykija, Respublika Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006-. Flora of the Lower Volga region Note: treats as Hordeum murinum L.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgogradskaja oblast' Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006-. Flora of the Lower Volga region Note: treats as Hordeum murinum L.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine s. & KrymTzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece incl. CreteTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly incl. Sardinia, SicilyTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance incl. CorsicaTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropePortugal  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeSpain incl. BalearesTutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
3AdventiveEuropeNorthern EuropeUnited Kingdom  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
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 s. & c.George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada s.Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
4NaturalizedNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California (Norte) Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico.
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  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 AmericaUruguay  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  Zuloaga, F. O. et al. 1994. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en la República Argentina. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 47
Native
Africa
  • MACARONESIA: Spain [Canarias], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt (n.), Libya (n.), Morocco, Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan (s.), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Pakistan (n.)
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Switzerland, Hungary
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Kalmykija, Respublika, Volgogradskaja oblast'], Ukraine (s. & Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Adventive
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: United Kingdom
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: South Africa
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia (s. & c.)
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Slovakia
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California (Norte)]
  • REGION: Canada (s.), United States
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay

Reference(s)
  1. Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
  2. Amirouche, R. & M.-T. Misset. 2003. Hordein polymorphism in diploid and tetraploid Mediterranean populations of the Hordeum murinum L. complex. Pl. Syst. Evol. 242:83-99.
  3. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
  4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
  5. George, A. S., ed. 1980-. Flora of Australia.
  6. Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14 National Botanical Institute, Pretoria, South Africa.
  7. Gould, F. W. & R. Moran. 1981. The grasses of Baja California, Mexico.
  8. Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
  9. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  10. Skvortsov, A. K., ed. 2006-. Flora of the Lower Volga region Note: treats as Hordeum murinum L.
  11. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:396.
  12. Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966-. Flora of Iraq. 9:249-250. Note: = Hordeum leporinum
  13. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  14. Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
  15. 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 contaminantpotentialCIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
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=102928. Accessed 15 April 2026.