Hordelymus

Hordelymus
Hordelymus europaeus infected with ergot (Claviceps purpurea)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Hordelymus
Jess. ex Harz 1885 not Bachtj & Darevsk 1950
Binomial name
Hordelymus europaeus
(L.) Jess. ex Harz[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Cuviera Koeler 1802, rejected name not Cuviera DC. 1807 (Rubiaceae)
  • Leptothrix (Dumort.) Dumort. 1868 not Kuetzing 1843
  • Medusather (Griseb.) P.Candargy
  • Elymus europaeus L.
  • Hordeum sylvaticum Huds.
  • Hordeum europaeum (L.) All.
  • Cuviera europaea (L.) Koeler
  • Leptothrix europaea (L.) Dumort.
  • Frumentum sylvaticum E.H.L.Krause
  • Hordeum cylindricum Murray
  • Hordeum montanum Schrank
  • Elymus cylindricus (Murray) Pohl
  • Hordeum elymoides Vest ex Kunth
  • Elymus compositus Steud.
  • Hordeum desmoulinsii Philippe

Hordelymus is a genus of European, north African, and southwest Asian plants in the grass family.[3][4]

Hordelymus europaeus

The only known species is Hordelymus europaeus, native to Europe (from Sweden + Ireland to Spain, Italy, and Russia) as well as North Africa (Algeria + Morocco) and southwestern Asia (Turkey + Caucasus).[2] Wood-barley is a common name for H. europaeus.[5]

formerly included [2]

see Taeniatherum

References

  1. ↑ Harz, Carl (Karl) Otto 1885. Landwirthschaftliche Samenkunde 2: 1147
  2. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
  4. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Hordelymus
  5. ↑ "Hordelymus europaeus". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
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