Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum

Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordeum
Species: H. murinum
Subspecies: H. murinum subsp. leporinum
Trinomial name
Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum
(Link) Arcang.
Synonyms

H. leporinum Link

Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum is a subspecies of Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley).

Its common names include hare barley,[1] mouse barley,[2] and barley grass.[3]

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Description

It grows in tufts from 10 to 40 centimetres in height. It is an annual.[3][4]

Taxonomy

It was first published at species rank as Hordeum leporinum by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1834. In 1882 it was demoted to a subspecies of H. murinum by Giovanni Arcangeli. Nonetheless some herbaria maintain it at species rank.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia; and is widely naturalised elsewhere.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Sorting Hordeum names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Hordeum.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
  2. ^ a b "Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102928. 
  3. ^ a b c "Hordeum leporinum Link". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/449. 
  4. ^ a b New South Wales Flora Online: Hordeum leporinum by Link, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia