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Elymus  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40677

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Hystrix Moench
  
    Agrositanion Bowden
  
    Elysitanion Bowden
  
    Roegneria K. Koch
  
    Sitanion Raf.
  
    Elytrigia Desv.
  
    Anthosachne Steud.
  
    Asperella Humb.
  
    Asprella Willd.
  
    Braconotia Godr.
  
    Campeiostachys Drobow
  
    Chretomeris Nutt. ex J.G. Sm.
  
    Clinelymus (Griseb.) Nevski
  
    Crithopyrum Steud.
  
    Cryptopyrum Heynh.
  
    Goulardia Husn.
  
    Gymnostichum Schreb.
  
    Polyantherix Nees
  
    Semeiostachys Drobow
  
    Sitospelos Adans.
  
    Stenostachys Turcz.
  
    Terrellia Lunell
  
    X Elymotrigia Hyl.
  
    X Elysitanion Bowden
  
    X Terrelymus B.R. Baum
  
  Common Name(s): wildrye
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2016   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusElymus L. – wildrye  
    Direct Children:  
                                  SpeciesElymus alaskanus (Scribn. & Merr.) Á. Löve – Alaskan wheatgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus albicans (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Á. Löve – Montana wheatgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus angulatus J. Presl  
                                  SpeciesElymus arizonicus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – Arizona wheatgrass, Arizona wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus bakeri (E.E. Nelson) Á. Löve – Baker's wheatgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus canadensis L. – Canada wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus caninus (L.) L. – bearded wheatgrass, bearded wild rye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X cayouetteorum (Boivin) Barkworth  
                                  SpeciesElymus churchii J.J.N. Campb.  
                                  SpeciesElymus ciliaris (Trin.) Tzvelev – wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus cordilleranus Davidse & R.W. Pohl  
                                  SpeciesElymus curvatus Piper  
                                  SpeciesElymus dahuricus Turcz. ex Griseb. – wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus diversiglumis Scribn. & C.R. Ball – diverseglume wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X dorei (Bowden) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey – Dore's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X ebingeri G.C. Tucker  
                                  SpeciesElymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey – bottlebrush squirreltail, western bottle-brush grass, squirreltail 
                                  SpeciesElymus glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H. Dewey) Scribn. & C.R. Ball  
                                  SpeciesElymus glaucus Buckley – blue wildrye, blue wild rye 
                                  SpeciesElymus gmelinii (Ledeb.) Tzvel. – wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X hansenii Scribn. – Hansen's wildrye, Hansen squirreltail 
                                  SpeciesElymus hirsutus J. Presl – northern ryegrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus hystrix L. – eastern bottlebrush grass, eastern bottle-brush grass 
                                  SpeciesElymus interruptus Buckley – Texas wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – streambank wheatgrass, streamside wild rye 
                                  SpeciesElymus macgregorii R.E. Brooks & J.J.N. Campb.  
                                  SpeciesElymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev – thickspike wheatgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus magellanicus (E. Desv.) Á. Löve  
                                  SpeciesElymus X maltei Bowden – malt wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus mendocinus (Parodi) Á. Löve  
                                  SpeciesElymus X mossii (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey – Moss' wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus multisetus (J.G. Sm.) Burtt Davy  
                                  SpeciesElymus X palmerensis (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey – Palmer's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus patagonicus Speg.  
                                  SpeciesElymus pendulinus (Nevski) Tzvelev – wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus pilosus (J. Presl) Á. Löve  
                                  SpeciesElymus X pinalenoensis (Pyrah) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey  
                                  SpeciesElymus pringlei Scribn. & Merr.  
                                  SpeciesElymus X pseudorepens (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey – false quackgrass, creeping wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus repens (L.) Gould – quackgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus riparius Wiegand – river wild-rye, élyme des rivages, riverbank wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X saundersii Vasey – Saunders' wheatgrass, Saunder wildrye, Saunder's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus scabrifolius (Döll) J.H. Hunz.  
                                  SpeciesElymus scabriglumis (Hack.) Á. Löve  
                                  SpeciesElymus scribneri (Vasey) M.E. Jones – spreading wheatgrass, Scribner's wild rye, Scribner's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus semicostatus (Nees ex Steud.) Melderis  
                                  SpeciesElymus sibiricus L. – Siberian wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus sierrae Gould – Sierra wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus stebbinsii Gould – Parish wheatgrass 
                                  SpeciesElymus svensonii G.L. Church – Svenson's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus texensis J.J.N. Campb.  
                                  SpeciesElymus tilcarensis (J.H. Hunz.) Á. Löve  
                                  SpeciesElymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners – slender wheatgrass, slender wild rye 
                                  SpeciesElymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd. – slender wild-rye, élyme velu, hairy wildrye, hairy wild rye 
                                  SpeciesElymus violaceus (Hornem.) Feilberg  
                                  SpeciesElymus virginicus L. – Virginia wild rye, Virginia wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus wawawaiensis J.R. Carlson & Barkworth  
                                  SpeciesElymus wiegandii Fernald – Wiegand's wildrye 
                                  SpeciesElymus X yukonensis (Scribn. & Merr.) Á. Löve – Yukon wheatgrass 
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Elymus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Elymus   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Elymus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Elymus   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
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