Elymus (genus)

Elymus
Elymus canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Tribe:	Triticeae
Genus:	Elymus L.
Species
150 - See text
Synonyms[1]
Hystrix Moench

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 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

References

1. ^ Germplasm Resources Information Network entry for Hystrix

External links

• USDA Plants Profile
• Jepson Manual Treatment
• Factsheet from The Intermountain Herbarium - Utah State University

This Pooideae article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Pooideae Poaceae genera Pooideae stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу Leadership Network Michael Horse Look at other dictionaries: Elymus californicus — Taxobox name = Elymus californicus image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. californicus binomial = Elymus californicus binomial… …   Wikipedia Elymus canadensis — Taxobox name = Elymus canadensis image width = 260px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. canadensis binomial = Elymus canadensis binomial… …   Wikipedia Elymus elymoides — Taxobox name = Elymus elymoides image width = 250px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. elymoides binomial = Elymus elymoides binomial authority = (Raf.) Swezey …   Wikipedia Elymus glaucus — Taxobox name = Elymus glaucus image width = 250px image caption = regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. glaucus binomial = Elymus glaucus binomial authority =… …   Wikipedia Elymus hystrix — Taxobox name = bottlebrush grass image width = 250px image caption = Inflorescences regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Liliopsida ordo = Poales familia = Poaceae genus = Elymus species = E. hystrix binomial = Elymus hystrix Elymus …   Wikipedia Elymus — noun tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) • Syn: ↑genus Elymus • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary genus Elymus — noun tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye) • Syn: ↑Elymus • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary Elymus — In Greek mythology, Elymus (or Elumos) was the mythical ancestor of the Elymi, natives of Sicily.In botany, Elymus is the genus of the wild rye …   Wikipedia genus Leymus — noun genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus • Syn: ↑Leymus • Hypernyms: ↑monocot genus, ↑liliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gramineae, ↑family Gramineae, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary Elymus canadensis — ID 29873 Symbol Key ELCA4 Common Name Canada wildrye Family Poaceae Category Monocot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity Native to U.S. US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO,… …   USDA Plant Characteristics 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”