Aegilops

Goatgrasses
Aegilops geniculata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Triticodae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Aegilops
L.
Type species
Aegilops triuncialis
Synonyms[2][3]
  • Triticum sect. Aegilops (L.) Godr. & Gren.
  • Triticum subg. Aegilops (L.) C. Yen & J.L. Yang
  • Triticum subg. Aegilops (L.) Schmalh.
  • Amblyopyrum Eig
  • Aegilemma Á.Löve
  • Aegilonearum Á.Löve
  • Aegilopodes Á.Löve
  • Chennapyrum Á.Löve
  • Comopyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Á.Löve
  • Cylindropyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Á.Löve
  • Gastropyrum (Jaub. & Spach) Á.Löve
  • Kiharapyrum Á.Löve
  • Orrhopygium Á.Löve
  • Patropyrum Á.Löve
  • Perlaria Heist. ex Fabr.
  • Sitopsis (Jaub. & Spach) Á.Löve

Aegilops is a genus of Eurasian and North American plants in the grass family, Poaceae.[4][5][6] They are known generally as goatgrasses.[7] Some species are known as invasive weeds in parts of North America.[8][9][10]

  1. ^ lectotype designated by Hammer, Feddes Repert. 91: 225-228 (1980)
  2. ^ a b Tropicos, Aegilops L.
  3. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". kew.org.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Linnaeus, Carl von 1753. Species Plantarum 2: 1050-1051 in Latin
  5. ^ "Genere Aegilops - Flora Italiana". altervista.org.
  6. ^ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 444 山羊草属 shan yang cao shu Aegilops Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1050. 1753.
  7. ^ Aegilops. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
  8. ^ Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Aegilops. Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine The Grass Genera of the World. Version: 18 December 2012.
  9. ^ "Aegilops". County-level distribution maps from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
  10. ^ Aegilops classification systems. Archived 2013-10-22 at the Wayback Machine Wheat Genetic and Genomics Resource Center. Kansas State University.