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Taxon: Aegilops geniculata Roth

Genus: Aegilops section: Aegilops
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Triticeae.
Nomen number: 100014
Place of publication: Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 45. 1787
Comment: = Aegilops ovata auct. (non A. ovata L. = A. neglecta Req. ex Bertol.)
Name verified on: 20-Nov-1996 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 08-Oct-2008
Species priority site is: National Small Grains Collection (NSGC).
Accessions: 183 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CA(as Aegilops ovata)*, OR(as Aegilops ovata)*.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • ovate goat grass   (Source: F NAmer )

Economic importance:

  • Gene sources: disease resistance; secondary genetic relative; potential for pest resistance in wheat   (fide Genet Res Crop Evol 45:343-345. 1998; Euphytica 163:8. 2008, for disease resistance)
  • Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)

Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria [n.]; Egypt [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Cyprus; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
  • EUROPE
    Middle Europe: Hungary; Switzerland
    East Europe: Ukraine - Krym
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta; Romania; Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]
Other:
  • naturalized elsewhere in Europe & in United States (California)

References:

  • Brummitt, R. K. 1986. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta. Taxon 35:557. [proposal to reject A. ovata L. defeated, status of this name dubious].
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America. (F NAmer)
  • Hammer, K. 1980. Feddes Repert. 91:248.
  • Lambinon, J. 1981. (588) Proposition de rejet Aegilops ovata L. Taxon 30:361. [proposal to reject A. ovata L., which in part = A. geniculata].
  • Löve, Á. 1984. Conspectus of the Triticeae. Feddes Repert. 95:503.
  • Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
  • Slageren, M. W. van. 1994. Wild wheats: a monograph of Aegilops L. and Amblyopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Eig. Agric. Univ. Wageningen Pap. 94–7:220.
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Aegilops geniculata Roth:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
  • Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
  • World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.
Jump to GrainGenes: A database for Triticeae and Avena

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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100014 (16 March 2009)

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