Eremopyrum is a genus Eurasian and North African plants in the grass family.[3][4][5][6] One species, Eremopyrum triticeum has become widely established as a weed in parts of North America.[7]
| Eremopyrum | |
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| Eremopyrum triticeum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Supertribe: | Triticodae |
| Tribe: | Triticeae |
| Genus: | Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach |
| Type species | |
| Eremopyrum orientale | |
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All the species are annuals with a dense, 2-sided, spikelike inflorescence having 1 spikelet per node.[8]
- Eremopyrum bonaepartis (Spreng.) Nevski - Algeria, Morocco, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Xinjiang
- Eremopyrum distans (K.Koch) Nevski - European Russia, Caucasus, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Mongolia
- Eremopyrum orientale (L.) Jaub. & Spach - Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Romania, Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, Caucasus, Middle East, Central Asia, Iran, Pakistan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Inner Mongolia
- Eremopyrum triticeum (Gaertn.) Nevski - Romania, Ukraine, Crimea, European Russia, Caucasus, Turkey, Central Asia, Iran, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
- formerly included[3]
see Agropyron Australopyrum Crithopsis Elymus Heteranthelium
- Eremopyrum brownei - Australopyrum pectinatum
- Eremopyrum bulbosum - Agropyron bulbosum
- Eremopyrum cretense - Crithopsis delileana
- Eremopyrum cristatum - Agropyron cristatum
- Eremopyrum dasyanthum - Agropyron dasyanthum
- Eremopyrum dasyphyllum - Agropyron fragile
- Eremopyrum fibrosum - Elymus fibrosus
- Eremopyrum olgae - Heteranthelium piliferum
- Eremopyrum puberulum - Agropyron cristatum
- Eremopyrum sibiricum - Agropyron fragile
References edit
- ^ lectotype designated by Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk SSSR, ser. 1, 2: 63 (1936)
- ^ a b Tropicos, Eremopyrum (Ledeb.) Jaub. & Spach
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Ledebour, Carl Friedrich von. 1829. Flora Altaica 1: 112-114 in Latin
- ^ Jaubert, Hippolyte François & Spach, Édouard. 1851. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, séries. 3, volume 14, page 360-362 in Latin
- ^ Frederiksen, S. 1991. Taxonomic studies in Eremopyron (Poaceae). Nordic J. Bot. 11: 271–285
- ^ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 440 旱麦草属 han mai cao shu Eremopyrum (Ledebour) Jaubert & Spach, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3. 14: 360. 1851
- ^ The Plant List search for Eremopyrum
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