Secale cereale L.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Secale aestivum Uspenski; Secale ancestrale (Zhuk.) Zhuk.; Secale arundinaceum Trautv.; Secale cereale var. ancestrale (Zhuk.) Kit Tan; Secale cereale f. brevispicatum (Waisb.) Soó; Secale cereale f. montaniforme (Waisb.) Soó; Secale compositum Poir.; Secale creticum Sieber ex Kunth; Secale hybernum Poir.; Secale montanum var. balcanum Gancev; Secale sibiricum Georgi; Secale spontaneum Fisch. ex Steud.; Secale strictum subsp. balcanum (Gancev) Valdés & H.Scholz; Secale triflorum P.Beauv.; Secale turkestanicum Bensin; Secale vernum Poir.; Triticum cereale (L.) Salisb.; Triticum ramosum Weigel; Triticum secale Link
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Secale cereale L.
  • Common name : Rye
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Cultivated
  • Comments / notes : It is grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop.
  • Key identification features : Spike rachis tough
  • Flower, Fruit : July-August
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Turkey
  • Exotic/Native : Exotic
  • World Distribution : Turkey and Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., China, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, District of Columbia, European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Florida, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greenland, Gulf of Guinea Is., Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yukon
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 273
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Secale cereale. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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