PLANTS Profile for Lolium rigidum (Wimmera ryegrass)

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Lolium rigidum Gaudin
Wimmera ryegrass

Symbol:

LORI

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		I
CAN		I

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Lolium loliaceum

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Lolium rigidum Gaudin

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Synonyms:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin

	LOLO2	Lolium loliaceum (Bory & Chaubard) Hand.-Maz.
	LOPER	Lolium perenne L. ssp. rigidum (Gaudin) Á. Löve & D. Löve
	LORIL	Lolium rigidum Gaudin ssp. lepturoides (Boiss.) Sennen & Mauricio
	LOST	Lolium strictum auct. non J. Presl
	LOSU	Lolium subulatum Vis.

Distribution:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin


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USA (AZ, CA, LA, MO, MS, OR, TX), CAN (MB)

Related Taxa:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin

View 342 genera in Poaceae, 7 species in Lolium

Classification:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Lolium L. – ryegrass
Species	Lolium rigidum Gaudin – Wimmera ryegrass

Introduced Information:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Lolium rigidum Gaudin

View species account and distribution map from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 40897.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 02/15/2013 12:58 PM CST