Secale montanum

Secale montanum, wild perennial rye, is a species in the rye genus Secale native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus region, and eastwards through Iran to Pakistan.^[2] It is a short-lived, self-fertile perennial. It is thought to be the ultimate parent of domesticated rye (Secale cereale), and crosses with S. cereale have had some success in creating fodder cultivars.^[3][4] Some authorities consider the synonym Secale strictum C.Presl. to have priority.^[5]

Secale montanum
Secale montanum at the Botanical Garden Munich-Nymphenburg
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Secale
Species:	S. montanum
Binomial name
Secale montanum Guss.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Frumentum secale E.H.L.Krause Secale chaldicum Fed. Secale dalmaticum Vis. Secale kuprijanovii Grossh. Secale kuprijanovii subsp. ciscaucasicum N.R.Ivanov & Yakovlev Secale kuprijanovii subsp. transcaucasicum N.R.Ivanov & Yakovlev Secale montanum subsp. chaldicum (Fed.) Tzvelev Secale montanum subsp. kuprijanovii (Grossh.) Tzvelev Secale strictum (C.Presl) C.Presl Secale strictum subsp. chaldicum (Fed.) H.Scholz Secale strictum subsp. kuprijanovii (Grossh.) K.Hammer