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

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

• (≡) Agropyron elongatum (Host) P. Beauv.
• (=) Agropyron rigidum (Schrad.) P. Beauv.
• (≡) Elymus elongatus (Host) Runemark
• (≡) Elymus elongatus subsp. elongatus (Host) Runemark
• (≡) Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
• (≡) Elytrigia elongata subsp. elongata (Host) Nevski
• (≡) Lophopyrum elongatum (Host) Á. Löve
• Basionym: Triticum elongatum Host
• (=) Triticum rigidum Schrad.

Common names:

• tall wheatgrass  (Source: Food Feed Crops US) - English
• chiendent allongé  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• lange Quecke  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• agropiro allungato  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• agropiro alargado  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: fodder (as Elytrigia elongata) forage (as Elytrigia elongata) forage (as Elytrigia elongata)

Distributional Range:

Native

Africa

• NORTHERN AFRICA: Algeria (n.), Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia

Asia-Temperate

• WESTERN ASIA: Cyprus, Israel, Syria, Turkey (w.)
• CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation, [Dagestan] Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia]

Europe

• EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part, [European part (s.)] Ukraine (incl. Krym)
• SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily), Romania, Slovenia
• SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France (s. & Corsica), Portugal, Spain (incl. Baleares)

References:

1. Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). Note: = Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
2. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America. Note: mentions
3. International Seed Testing Association. 1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
4. Jarvie, J. K. 1992. Taxonomy of Elytrigia sect. Caespitosae and sect. Junceae (Gramineae: Triticeae). Nordic J. Bot. 12:159. Note: = Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
5. Jiang, J. et al. 1994. Recent advances in alien gene transfer in wheat. Euphytica 73:199-212. Note: as Agropyron elongatum
6. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants Note: = Agropyron elongatum
7. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:653. Note: mentions and excludes for North America
8. Wang, R. R.-C. et al. 2010. Analyses of Thinopyrum bessarabicum, T. elongatum, and T. junceum chromosomes using EST-SSR markers. Genome 53:1083-1089.
9. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals 77-108.

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=314143. Accessed 18 May 2024.