Hordeum murinum




Family Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily Pooideae
Tribe Triticeae
Scientific name Hordeum murinum L.
Synonyms Critesion murinum (L.) A. Löve; Triticum murale Salisbury; Zeocriton murinum (L.) Palisot de Beauvois
Common name (Japanese common name) mugi-kusa (ムギクサ, 麦草 [meaning: wheat grass])
(English common name) false barley, mouse barley, wall barley
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa
(Other nations) [native] India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Caucasus, Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Cyprus, Europe, Egypt, Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia
Habitat Roadside, field
Chromosomal number 2n=28
Description Plants 5-50cm tall. Flowers inflorescences 5-9cm long, flowering in April to May. Annual plants.
Reference Hordeum murinum L.
Hordeum murinum L.
Hordeum murinum Linn.
Hordeum murinum
Ribosome-inactivating proteins, inactive precursor forms thereof, a process for making and a method of using (US Patent 5646026/1997)
Sulfonamide resistance genes and their use (US Patent 5633444/1997)
Cryopreservation of plant cells (US Patent 6127181/2000)
Note Naturalized plants.



May 2009
at coastal field
May 2009
at coastal field
May 2009
at coastal field