Open AccessSurvey of the nothogenus xElyhordeum, with the description of a new nothospecies
Author(s) -
Michael Wilcox,
Stuart D. Desjardins,
C. A. Stace
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
british and irish botany
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2632-4970
DOI - 10.33928/bib.2021.03.001
Subject(s) - elymus , geography , repens , biology , zoology , genealogy , botany , history , poaceae
The occurrences in Denmark, Britain and Ireland of ×Elyhordeum langei (Elymus repens × Hordeum secalinum) are documented, and the variation in this hybrid is described. The French hybrid ×E. rouxii is also briefly covered. The discovery, distribution and characters of a new hybrid, E. caninus × H. secalinum, first found in North Lincolnshire, England, in 2014, are described and discussed. Cytological and molecular studies are included. The latter is described as ×E. kirbyi M.P.Wilcox, hybr. nov.