# Agropyron > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Agropyron > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Agropyron.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agropyron > Source revision: 1312124814 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{Automatic taxobox |name = Wheatgrass |image = Agropyron cristatum illustration (01).jpg |image_caption = ''[Agropyron cristatum](/source/Agropyron_cristatum)''illustration circa 1805, Hand-colored copper engraving of ''Agropyron cristatum'', from Icones et descriptiones Graminum austriacorum Vindobonae : A. Schmidt, 1801-1809. |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Agropyron |authority = [Gaertn.](/source/Joseph_Gaertner) |type_species = ''[Agropyron cristatum](/source/Agropyron_cristatum)'' |type_species_authority = [Gaertn.](/source/Joseph_Gaertner) |synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=451053 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families] |synonyms = * ''Costia'' Willk. * ''Cynopoa'' Ehrh. * ''Douglasdeweya'' C.Yen, J.L.Yang & B.R.Baum * ''Kratzmannia'' Opiz * ''Zeia'' Lunell }} '''''Agropyron''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia)n plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae)), native to [Europe](/source/Europe) and [Asia](/source/Asia) but widely naturalized in [North America](/source/North_America).{{cite web|url=http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyron.htm |title=The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references |accessdate=2009-08-19 |author=Watson L, Dallwitz MJ. |year=2008 |work=The Grass Genera of the World |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606064238/http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/ag_pyron.htm |archivedate=2011-06-06 }}Gaertner, Joseph. 1770. Novi Commentarii Academiae Scientiarum Imperalis Petropolitanae 14(1): 539[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40034604 Tropicos, ''Agropyron'' Gaertn.][http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=100844 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 1, 386, 387, 437 冰草属 bing cao shu ''Agropyron'' Gaertner, Novi Comment. Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 14: 539. 1770][http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Agropyron Altervista Flora Italiana genere ''Agropyron''] photos and distribution maps for several species[http://bonap.net/NAPA/TaxonMaps/Genus/County/Agropyron Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps] Species in the genus are [commonly](/source/common_name) referred to as '''wheatgrass.'''[http://plants.usda.gov/plant-profile?symbol=AGROP2 US Department of Agriculture plants profile, ''Agropyron'' Gaertn., wheatgrass] ; Species * ''[Agropyron badamense](/source/Agropyron_badamense)'' - [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan), [Kyrgyzstan](/source/Kyrgyzstan), [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan), [Kazakhstan](/source/Kazakhstan) * ''[Agropyron bulbosum](/source/Agropyron_bulbosum)'' - [Iran](/source/Iran){{cite web|title=Agropyron of Iran|url=http://flora-iran.com/family/Poaceae/Agropyron.html|website=Flora of Iran|accessdate=1 April 2016|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722210157/http://flora-iran.com/family/Poaceae/Agropyron.html|url-status=dead}} * ''[Agropyron cimmericum](/source/Agropyron_cimmericum)'' - [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), [Crimea](/source/Crimea) * ''[Agropyron cristatum](/source/Agropyron_cristatum)'' - Crested wheatgrass - [Eurasia](/source/Eurasia) + [North Africa](/source/North_Africa) from Spain + [Morocco](/source/Morocco) to [Korea](/source/Korea) + [Khabarovsk](/source/Khabarovsk); naturalized in western + central [North America](/source/North_America) (United States, Canada, northern Mexico) * ''[Agropyron dasyanthum](/source/Agropyron_dasyanthum)'' - [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine) * ''[Agropyron desertorum](/source/Agropyron_desertorum)'' - Desert Wheatgrass - from [Crimea](/source/Crimea) + [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) to [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia) + [Siberia](/source/Siberia) * ''[Agropyron deweyi](/source/Agropyron_deweyi)'' - [Turkey](/source/Turkey) * ''[Agropyron fragile](/source/Agropyron_fragile)'' - Siberian wheatgrass - from [Caucasus](/source/Caucasus) to [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia); naturalized in scattered locales in western United States + Canada * ''[Agropyron michnoi](/source/Agropyron_michnoi)'' - [Buryatiya](/source/Buryatiya), [Zabaykalsky Krai](/source/Zabaykalsky_Krai), [Mongolia](/source/Mongolia), [Inner Mongolia](/source/Inner_Mongolia) * ''[Agropyron mongolicum](/source/Agropyron_mongolicum)'' - [Gansu](/source/Gansu), [Inner Mongolia](/source/Inner_Mongolia), [Ningxia](/source/Ningxia), [Shaanxi](/source/Shaanxi), [Shanxi](/source/Shanxi), [Xinjiang](/source/Xinjiang) * ''[Agropyron × pilosiglume](/source/Agropyron_%C3%97_pilosiglume)'' - [European Russia](/source/European_Russia) * ''[Agropyron tanaiticum](/source/Agropyron_tanaiticum)'' - [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), [European Russia](/source/European_Russia) * ''[Agropyron thomsonii](/source/Agropyron_thomsonii)'' - Western [Himalayas](/source/Himalayas) * ''[Agropyron tsukushiense](/source/Agropyron_tsukushiense)'' (Honda) ''Ohwi Ohwi'' synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' * [''Agropyron tsukushiense'' var. ''transiens''](/source/Agropyron_tsukushiense_var._transiens) (Hack.) Ohwi synonym ''Elymus tsukushiensis'' ; formerly included species now considered better suited in other genera: ''[Crithopsis](/source/Crithopsis) [Elymus](/source/Elymus_(plant)) [Kengyilia](/source/Kengyilia) [Leymus](/source/Leymus) [Thinopyrum](/source/Thinopyrum) [Vulpia](/source/Vulpia)'' etc. ==See also== * [Wheatgrass](/source/Wheatgrass) * [List of Poaceae genera](/source/List_of_Poaceae_genera) ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist|refs= {{cite web | title=''Agropyron tsukushiense'' var. ''transiens'' (Hack.) Ohwi | website=[The Plant List](/source/The_Plant_List) | date=2012-03-23 | url=http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-388983 | access-date=2020-12-06}} {{cite web | title=Taxonomy | website=[Germplasm Resources Information Network](/source/Germplasm_Resources_Information_Network) [International Rice Research Institute](/source/International_Rice_Research_Institute) | url=https://gringlobal.irri.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=50033 | access-date=2020-12-06}} {{cite web|url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Browser/wwwtax.cgi?id=129759|title=Taxonomy browser (Elymus tsukushiensis)|website=[National Center for Biotechnology Information](/source/National_Center_for_Biotechnology_Information)}} {{cite web | title=Elymus tsukushiensis Honda Taxonomy - GRIN-Global Web v 1.10.6.1 | website=[International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center](/source/International_Maize_and_Wheat_Improvement_Center) | date=2020-12-06 | url=http://mgb.cimmyt.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=15073 | access-date=2020-12-06 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} {{cite web | title=Agropyron tsukushiense var. transiens (Hack.) Ohwi | website=[Global Biodiversity Information Facility](/source/Global_Biodiversity_Information_Facility) | url=http://www.gbif.org/species/4932547 | access-date=2020-12-06}} {{cite web | title=''Agropyron tsukushiense'' (Honda) Ohwi - Kew Science | website=[Kew Gardens](/source/Kew_Gardens) | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:385317-1 | access-date=2020-12-06}} }} {{Taxonbar|from=Q162731}} Category:Flora of the Palearctic realm Category:Poaceae genera Category:Pooideae {{Pooideae-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Agropyron](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agropyron) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agropyron?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.