Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (≡) Agropyron cristatum subsp. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Á. Löve
• (≡) Agropyron sibiricum var. desertorum (Fisch. ex Link) Boiss.
• Basionym: Triticum desertorum Fisch. ex Link

Common names:

• crested wheatgrass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• desert crested wheatgrass  (Source: F CalifJep) - English
• desert wheatgrass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• standard crested wheatgrass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• chiendent désertique  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• chiendent du désert  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• agropiro dei deserti  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• žitnâk pustynnyj  (Source: Mansf Ency) - Transliterated Russian

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder; forage
• Environmental: revegetator; revegetator

Distributional Range:

Native

Asia-Temperate

• CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]
• SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Tuva, Altay, Kurgan, Omsk]
• MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan
• MONGOLIA: Mongolia
• CHINA: China [Shanxi Sheng, Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, Ningxia Huizi Zizhiqu, Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation, [Kalmykia, Astrakhan, Saratov, Volgograd] Russian Federation-European part, [European part (s.e.)] Ukraine (e. & Krym)


Cultivated

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Ukraine

Northern America

• Canada (c.), United States (w. & c.)

References:

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Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=1817. Accessed 19 May 2024.