Secale

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Hordeeae
Genus: Secale
Species: S. africanum – S. anatolicum – S. cereale – S. iranicum – S. segetale – S. strictum – S. sylvestre – S. vavilovii

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Secale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 28. Reference page.

Name

Secale L., Sp. Pl. 1: 84 (1753)

Type species: Secale cereale L., Sp. Pl. 1: 84 (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Gramen Ség., Pl. Veron. 3: 145 (1754), nom. superfl.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia
- - Afghanistan, Albania, Belarus, Bulgaria, Central European Rus, East European Russia, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Romania, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Libya, Morocco
- Extinct in:
  - Jawa
- Introduced into:
  - Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil South, British Columbia, California, Canary Is., China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, District of Columbia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Florida, France, Georgia, Great Britain, Greenland, Gulf of Guinea Is., Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Ireland, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Korea, Louisiana, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
- Doubtfully present in:
  - Saudi Arabia

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 84. Reference page.

Links

Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards) GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora. Secale. Published online. Accessed 26 Sept. 2013.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2017. Secale in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2017 Sept. 26. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Secale. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 Sept. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Secale. Published online. Accessed: 26. Sept. 2013.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Secale. .

Vernacular names

беларуская: Жыта
čeština: Žito
dansk: Rug
Deutsch: Roggen
English: Cereal Rye
suomi: Rukiit
Nordfriisk: Roog
հայերեն: Աշորա, տարեկան, չավդար
lietuvių: Rugys
polski: Żyto
中文（简体）: 黑麦属
中文（繁體）: 黑麥屬

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