Elymus (genus)
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| Elymus | |
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| Elymus canadensis | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| (unranked): | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Tribe: | Triticeae |
| Genus: | Elymus L. |
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150 - See text |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hystrix Moench |
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Elymus is a genus of perennial grasses in the tribe which contains many of the main cereal grains. Plants of this genus are known generally as wildrye or wheatgrass. There are at least 150 species in this genus.
Selected species
- Elymus alaskanus - Alaskan wheatgrass
- Elymus albicans - Montana wheatgrass
- Elymus californicus - California bottlebrush grass
- Elymus canadensis - Canada wildrye
- Elymus cinereus - Giant wild rye, Basin wildrye
- Elymus elymoides - squirreltail
- Elymus glaucus - blue wildrye
- Elymus hirsutus - northern ryegrass
- Elymus hystrix - eastern bottlebrush grass
- Elymus lanceolatus - thickspike wheatgrass
- Elymus macrourus - tufted wheatgrass
- Elymus magellanicus - Magellan wheatgrass
- Elymus mollis - American dunegrass, dune wildrye
- Elymus multisetus - big squirrelgrass
- Elymus repens syn. Elytrigia repens - quackgrass, couchgrass
- Elymus scribneri - spreading wheatgrass
- Elymus sibericus - Siberian ryegrass
- Elymus sierrae - Sierra wildrye
- Elymus stebbinsii - Parish wheatgrass
- Elymus trachycaulus - slender wheatgrass
- Elymus virginicus - Virginia wildrye
[edit] References
- ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network entry for Hystrix
[edit] External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: The genus Elymus |
- USDA Plants Profile
- Jepson Manual Treatment
- Factsheet from The Intermountain Herbarium - Utah State University
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