Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum

Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Hordeum
Species:	H. murinum
Subspecies:	H. murinum subsp. leporinum
Trinomial name
Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.
Synonyms
H. leporinum Link

Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum is a subspecies of Hordeum murinum (Wall Barley).

Its common names include hare barley,^[1] mouse barley,^[2] and barley grass.^[3]

Description

It grows in tufts from 10 to 40 centimetres in height. It is an annual.^[3][4]

Taxonomy

It was first published at species rank as Hordeum leporinum by Johann Heinrich Friedrich Link in 1834. In 1882 it was demoted to a subspecies of H. murinum by Giovanni Arcangeli. Nonetheless some herbaria maintain it at species rank.^[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to Europe, northern Africa and temperate Asia; and is widely naturalised elsewhere.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Sorting Hordeum names". Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database. http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Hordeum.html. Retrieved 2009-01-06. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Hordeum murinum subsp. leporinum (Link) Arcang.". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) online database. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102928. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Hordeum leporinum Link". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia. http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/449. 
4. ^ ^{a b} New South Wales Flora Online: Hordeum leporinum by Link, Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia