Hordeum muticum is a species of wild barley in the grass family Poaceae, native to the high central Andes; Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and northern Argentina, and introduced to Ecuador.[2] A diploid, its closest relative is Hordeum cordobense, a lowland species with a more southerly distribution.[3]

Hordeum muticum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Hordeum
Species:
H. muticum
Binomial name
Hordeum muticum
Synonyms[2]
  • Critesion muticum (J.Presl) Á.Löve
  • Hordeum andicola Griseb.
  • Hordeum chilense var. muticum (J.Presl) Hauman
  • Hordeum muticum var. andicola (Griseb.) Thell.
  • Hordeum secalinum var. andicola (Griseb.) Hauman

References

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  1. ^ Giraldo-Cañas , D. (2020). "Hordeum muticum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T117763632A117765714. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T117763632A117765714.en. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Hordeum muticum J.Presl". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  3. ^ Pleines, Thekla; Blattner, Frank R. (2008). "Phylogeographic implications of an AFLP phylogeny of the American diploid Hordeum species (Poaceae: Triticeae)". Taxon. 57 (3): 875–881. doi:10.1002/tax.573016.