Elymus (genus)

wildrye
wheatgrass
Elymus canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Elymus
L. 1753 not J.Mitch. 1769
Type species
Elymus sibiricus
L.[1]
Synonyms[2]
  • Sitospelos Adans.
  • Terrellia Lunell
  • Asperella Humb.
  • Hystrix Moench
  • Elytrigia Desv.
  • Gymnostichum Schreb.
  • Sitanion Raf.
  • Polyantherix Nees
  • Braconotia Godr.
  • Roegneria K.Koch
  • Crithopyrum Steud.
  • Elytrigium Benth.
  • Goulardia Husn.
  • Clinelymus (Griseb.) Nevski
  • Campeiostachys Drobow
  • Semeiostachys Drobow.
  • × Elymotrigia Hyl.
  • × Elysitanion Bowden
  • × Terrelymus B.R.Baum
  • Lophopyrum Á.Löve
  • Pascopyrum Á.Löve
  • Pseudoroegneria (Nevski) Á.Löve
  • × Pseudelymus Barkworth & D.R.Dewey
  • Psammopyrum Á.Löve
  • Peridictyon Seberg

Elymus is a genus of perennial plants in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains.[3]

Elymus is widespread across much of Eurasia, North America, and the Americas. Common names include wildrye and wheatgrass.[4][5][6][7]

Species[8][2]
  1. Elymus abolinii
  2. Elymus afghanicus
  3. Elymus africanus
  4. Elymus alatavicus
  5. Elymus albicans
  6. Elymus alienus
  7. Elymus alopex
  8. Elymus alpinus
  9. Elymus altissimus
  10. Elymus angsaiensis
  11. Elymus angulatus
  12. Elymus angustispiculatus
  13. Elymus anthosachnoides
  14. Elymus antiquus
  15. Elymus apricus
  16. Elymus arcuatus
  17. Elymus aristiglumis
  18. Elymus arizonicus
  19. Elymus athericus
  20. Elymus atratus
  21. Elymus bakeri
  22. Elymus barbatus
  23. Elymus barbicallus
  24. Elymus barystachyus
  25. Elymus batalinii
  26. Elymus borianus
  27. Elymus × brachyphyllus
  28. Elymus brevipes
  29. Elymus bungeanus
  30. Elymus burchan-buddae
  31. Elymus buschianus
  32. Elymus cacuminus
  33. Elymus caesifolius
  34. Elymus caianus
  35. Elymus calcicola
  36. Elymus calderi
  37. Elymus californicus
  38. Elymus canadensis
  39. Elymus caninus
  40. Elymus caucasicus
  41. Elymus cheniae
  42. Elymus churchii
  43. Elymus ciliaris
  44. Elymus cinereus
  45. Elymus clivorum
  46. Elymus cognatus
  47. Elymus colorans
  48. Elymus confusus
  49. Elymus cordilleranus
  50. Elymus curtiaristatus
  51. Elymus curvatiformis
  52. Elymus curvifolius
  53. Elymus × czilikensis
  54. Elymus czimganicus
  55. Elymus dahuricus
  56. Elymus debilis
  57. Elymus dentatus
  58. Elymus distichus
  59. Elymus diversiglumis
  60. Elymus dolichatherus
  61. Elymus drobovii
  62. Elymus × drucei
  63. Elymus durus
  64. Elymus duthiei
  65. Elymus × ebingeri
  66. Elymus edelbergii
  67. Elymus elongatus
  68. Elymus elymoides
  69. Elymus enysii
  70. Elymus erosiglumis
  71. Elymus falcis
  72. Elymus farctus
  73. Elymus fedtschenkoi
  74. Elymus festucoides
  75. Elymus fibrosus
  76. Elymus flaccidifolius
  77. Elymus formosanus
  78. Elymus geminatus
  79. Elymus gentryi
  80. Elymus glaberrimus
  81. Elymus glaucissimus
  82. Elymus glaucus
  83. Elymus gmelinii
  84. Elymus grandiglumis
  85. Elymus grandis
  86. Elymus × hansenii
  87. Elymus himalayanus
  88. Elymus hirsutus
  89. Elymus hispidus
  90. Elymus hitchcockii
  91. Elymus hoffmannii
  92. Elymus hondae
  93. Elymus hongyuanensis
  94. Elymus hordeoides
  95. Elymus humidorum
  96. Elymus humilis
  97. Elymus hybridus
  98. Elymus hystrix
  99. Elymus × incertus
  100. Elymus interruptus
  101. Elymus intramongolicus
  102. Elymus ircutensis
  103. Elymus jacquemontii
  104. Elymus jacutensis
  105. Elymus karakabinicus
  106. Elymus kaschgaricus
  107. Elymus kengii
  108. Elymus khokhrjakovii
  109. Elymus kokonoricus
  110. Elymus kuramensis
  111. Elymus lancangensis
  112. Elymus lanceolatus
  113. Elymus laxiflorus
  114. Elymus laxinodis
  115. Elymus lazicus
  116. Elymus leiotropis
  117. Elymus lenensis
  118. Elymus libanoticus
  119. Elymus × littoreus
  120. Elymus lolioides
  121. Elymus longiaristatus
  122. Elymus longifolius
  123. Elymus longisetus
  124. Elymus macgregorii
  125. Elymus macgregoriorum
  126. Elymus macrochaetus
  127. Elymus macrourus
  128. Elymus magadanensis
  129. Elymus magellanicus
  130. Elymus magnicaespes
  131. Elymus magnipodus
  132. Elymus × maltei
  133. Elymus marginatus
  134. Elymus melantherus
  135. Elymus mendocinus
  136. Elymus mollis
  137. Elymus × mucronatus
  138. Elymus multiflorus
  139. Elymus multisetus
  140. Elymus mutabilis
  141. Elymus nakaii
  142. Elymus nepalensis
  143. Elymus nipponicus
  144. Elymus nodosus
  145. Elymus × nothus
  146. Elymus nutans
  147. Elymus × obtusiusculus
  148. Elymus × oliveri
  149. Elymus panormitanus
  150. Elymus parviglume
  151. Elymus patagonicus
  152. Elymus pendulinus
  153. Elymus petrovii
  154. Elymus plurinervis
  155. Elymus praeruptus
  156. Elymus probatovae
  157. Elymus pseudocaninus
  158. Elymus puberulus
  159. Elymus pulanensis
  160. Elymus pungens
  161. Elymus purpuraristus
  162. Elymus purpurascens
  163. Elymus pycnanthus
  164. Elymus rectisetus
  165. Elymus reflexiaristatus
  166. Elymus repens
  167. Elymus retroflexus
  168. Elymus retusus
  169. Elymus rigidulus
  170. Elymus riparius
  171. Elymus russellii
  172. Elymus sacandros
  173. Elymus sajanensis
  174. Elymus × saundersii
  175. Elymus × saxicola
  176. Elymus scabridulus
  177. Elymus scabrifolius
  178. Elymus scabriglumis
  179. Elymus scabrus
  180. Elymus schrenkianus
  181. Elymus schugnanicus
  182. Elymus sclerophyllus
  183. Elymus scribneri
  184. Elymus semicostatus
  185. Elymus serotinus
  186. Elymus serpentinus
  187. Elymus shandongensis
  188. Elymus shouliangiae
  189. Elymus sibinicus
  190. Elymus sibericus
  191. Elymus sierrae
  192. Elymus sikkimensis
  193. Elymus sinkiangensis
  194. Elymus sinoflexuosus
  195. Elymus sinosubmuticus
  196. Elymus smithii
  197. Elymus solandri
  198. Elymus sosnowskyi
  199. Elymus spicatus
  200. Elymus × spurius
  201. Elymus stebbinsii
  202. Elymus stenachyrus
  203. Elymus stenostachyus
  204. Elymus stewartii
  205. Elymus stipifolius
  206. Elymus strictus
  207. Elymus submuticus
  208. Elymus svensonii
  209. Elymus sylvaticus
  210. Elymus tangutorum
  211. Elymus tauri
  212. Elymus tenuis
  213. Elymus tenuispicus
  214. Elymus texensis
  215. Elymus thoroldianus
  216. Elymus tibeticus
  217. Elymus tilcarensis
  218. Elymus trachycaulus
  219. Elymus transhyrcanus
  220. Elymus trichospicula
  221. Elymus tridentatus
  222. Elymus troctolepis
  223. Elymus tsukushiensis
  224. Elymus uralensis
  225. Elymus varius
  226. Elymus versicolor
  227. Elymus villifer
  228. Elymus villosus
  229. Elymus virginicus
  230. Elymus viridulus
  231. Elymus vulpinus
  232. Elymus × wallii
  233. Elymus wawawaiensis
  234. Elymus woroschilowii
  235. Elymus yangiae
  236. Elymus yukonensis
  237. Elymus yushuensis
  238. Elymus zejensis
  239. Elymus zhui
formerly included[2]

many species once considered members of Elymus but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Agropyron Anthosachne Brachypodium Cenchrus Crithopsis Heteranthelium Jouvea Kengyilia Leymus Psathyrostachys Stenostachys Taeniatherum Thinopyrum etc.

References

  1. ↑ lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 121 (1929)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 83-84
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 400 披碱草属 pi jian cao shu Elymus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 83. 1753.
  5. ↑ Flora of Pakistan Elymus Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:83. 1753. Gen. Pl., ed. 5. 36. 1754; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 106. 1976; Melderis in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:192. 1980.
  6. ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana genere Elymus photos and distribution maps for several species
  7. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  8. ↑ The Plant List search for Elymus

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