Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum
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Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum (L.) Gaertn. |
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Divisio: Magnoliophyta Subdivisio: Magnoliophytina Classis: Liliopsida Subclassis: Commelinidae Superordo: Poanae Ordo: Poales |
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Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum (= Bromus cristatus, Agropyron cristatum, Triticum cristatum), commonly known as Crested Wheatgrass, is a grass.
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[edit] Naming
Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum was already described and the name validly published by Carl Linnaeus. It was not until some time later, however, that Joseph Gaertner reclassified it into todays valid botanical systematics.
[edit] Taxonomy
The Crested Wheatgrass is a subspecies in the genus Agropyron (dog grass) which contains 15 species and belongs to the family of the Poaceae (Grass Family).
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[edit] Distribution
Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum is native to Central Europe, eastern Central Europe, west Sibiria, east Sibiria, Central Asia, Mongolia, Tibet and China.
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[edit] Poisonousness
Please read the health issues note!
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[edit] Man and Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum
[edit] History
[edit] Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum in art
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[edit] See also
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[edit] Literature
- Walter Erhardt, Erich Götz, Nils Bödeker, Siegmund Seybold: Der große Zander. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7. (Ger.)
- Christoper Brickell (Editor-in-chief): RHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. Third edition. Dorling Kindersley, London 2003, ISBN 0-7513-3738-2.
- efloras.org
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- United States Department of Agriculturees:Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatumfr:Agropyron cristatum ssp. cristatum
