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Secale montanum

Secale montanum, wild perennial rye, is a species in the rye genus Secale native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus region, and eastwards through Iran to Pakistan. It is a short-lived, self-fertile perennial. It is thought to be the ultimate parent of domesticated rye, and crosses with S. cereale have had some success in creating fodder cultivars. Some authorities consider the synonym Secale strictum C.Presl. to have priority.

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Secale montanum
Secale montanum at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Secale
Species:
S. montanum
Binomial name
Secale montanum
Synonyms2
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    • Frumentum secale E.H.L.Krause
    • Secale chaldicum Fed.
    • Secale dalmaticum Vis.
    • Secale kuprijanovii Grossh.
    • Secale kuprijanovii subsp. ciscaucasicum N.R.Ivanov & Yakovlev
    • Secale kuprijanovii subsp. transcaucasicum N.R.Ivanov & Yakovlev
    • Secale montanum subsp. chaldicum (Fed.) Tzvelev
    • Secale montanum subsp. kuprijanovii (Grossh.) Tzvelev
    • Secale strictum (C.Presl) C.Presl
    • Secale strictum subsp. chaldicum (Fed.) H.Scholz
    • Secale strictum subsp. kuprijanovii (Grossh.) K.Hammer
Secale strictum MHNT source ↗

Secale montanum, wild perennial rye, is a species in the rye genus Secale native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus region, and eastwards through Iran to Pakistan.2 It is a short-lived, self-fertile perennial. It is thought to be the ultimate parent of domesticated rye (Secale cereale), and crosses with S. cereale have had some success in creating fodder cultivars.34 Some authorities consider the synonym Secale strictum C.Presl. to have priority.5

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References

  1. Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) 1825: 11 (1825)
  2. "Secale montanum Guss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. Akgün, İlknur (2016). "Comparing Some Cytological and Morphological Characters of Diploid and Autotetraploid Perennial Rye (Secale montanum Guss.)" (PDF). Lucrari Stiintifice-seria Agronomie. 59 (2): 141–146. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  4. Stutz, H. C. (1957). "A Cytogenetic Analysis of the Hybrid Secale cereale L. × Secale montanum Guss. and its Progeny". Genetics. 42 (3): 199–221. doi:10.1093/genetics/42.3.199. PMC 1209825. PMID 17247691.
  5. "Secale strictum (C.Presl) C.Presl". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 September 2020.