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Agropyron cristatum (L.) Gaertn.
POACEAE
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Information from the Index of California Plant Names (ICPN)
Initial Editorial Analysis 31 May 2011
Source of Report for California  
a Smith, J.P. 1995. A Checklist of California Grasses. Unpublished manuscript, Arcata, as cited in Kartesz & Meacham
b Rosatti SMASCH notes: Taxon evidently not treated in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
c The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], as minor variant of Agropyron desertorum
Initial Editorial Comments 2 records in SMASCH; in no way mentioned in Munz; treated as minor variant of Agropyron desertorum in The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1], despite Rosatti SMASCH note; indicated for most of NA except se US, 2 synonyms in Kartesz & Meacham
Editorial Recommendation new name or combination possibly needed
Correspondence and Comments Subsequent to Initial Analysis
Correspondence 1 6 Apr 2000 e-mail from Barbara Ertter see Comment 1
Editorial Comments 1 Correspondence 1 indicates Agropyron cristatum might be the better name for the perennial bunch grass widely seeded to "improve" range throughout the Great Basin, scorned by native plant botanists as "crested what-not".
Editorial Summary and Current Status
Editorial Summary addition, for taxon reported as naturalized in California since The Jepson Manual [Ed. 1]
Current Status JFP-2, accepted name for taxon naturalized in CA
Current Status Authority The Jepson Manual [Ed. 2]
Current Status Date 31 May 2011
List of names for this Current Status category
List of ICPN names in Agropyron
List of names from ICPN, Hrusa's Crosswalk, and Jepson Flora in Agropyron

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