Hordeum secalinum

Hordeum secalinum, false rye barley or meadow barley^[1] (a name it shares with Hordeum brachyantherum), is a species of wild barley native to Europe, including the Madeiras, Crimea and the north Caucasus, northwest Africa, and the Levant.^[3] It has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. An allotetraploid, it arose from ancestors with the Xa and I Hordeum genomes.^[4]

Hordeum secalinum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Triticeae
Genus:	Hordeum
Species:	H. secalinum
Binomial name
Hordeum secalinum Schreb.[2]
Synonyms[3]
List Critesion secalinum (Schreb.) Á.Löve Frumentum pratense E.H.L.Krause Hordeum maritimum Roth Hordeum maritimum O.F.Müll. Hordeum maximum Vill. Hordeum pratense Huds. Hordeum rothii Link Hordeum sibiricum Link ex Steud. Zeocriton maritimum P.Beauv. Zeocriton secalinum (Schreb.) P.Beauv.