Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Elymus L.
VIRGINIA WILDRYE
Classification
POALES
Elymus
Citation
ELYMUS Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 83. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Elymus sibiricus Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Distribution Map Present

This species have been reported in the counties highlighted.

Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Elymus virginicus VIRGINIA WILDRYE Native FAC (NWPL)
Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Anthosachne Anthosachne Steudel, Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 237. 1854. TYPE: Anthosachne australasica Steudel
Asperella Asperella Humboldt, Bot. Mag. (Roemer & Usteri) 7: 5. 1790. TYPE: Asperella hystrix (Linnaeus) Humboldt (Elymus hystrix Linnaeus)
Braconotia Braconotia Godron, Fl. Lorraine 3: 191. 1844. TYPE: Non designatus.
Campeiostachys Campeiostachys Drobow, Fl. Uzbekistan. 1: 300, 540. 1941. TYPE: Campeiostachys schrenkiana (Fischer & C. A. Meyer) Drobow (Triticum schrenkianum Fischer & C. A. Meyer)
Clinelymus Clinelymus (Grisebach) Nevski, Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk SSSR 30: 637, 640. 1932. BASIONYM: Elymus Linnaeus, sect. Clinelymus Grisebach, in Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 330. 1852. TYPE: = Elymus Linnaeus 1753.
Elytrigia Elytrigia Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810. TYPE: Elytrigia repens (Linnaeus) Nevski (Triticum repens Linnaeus)
Goulardia Goulardia Husnot, Graminees 83. 1899. TYPE: Goulardia canina (Linnaeus) Husnot (Triticum caninum Linnaeus)
Gymnostichum Gymnostichum Schreber, Beschr. Gras. 3: 127. 1810. TYPE: Gymnostichum hystrix (Linnaeus) Schreber (Elymus hystrix Linnaeus) = Asperella Humboldt 1790.
Hystrix Hystrix Moench, Methodus 294. 1794. TYPE: Hystrix patula Moench (Elymus hystrix Linnaeus) = Asperella Humboldt 1790.
Polyantherix Polyantherix Nees von Esenbeck, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 284. 1838. TYPE: Polyantherix hystrix (Nuttall) Nees von Esenbeck (Aegilops hystrix Nuttall)
Roegneria Roegneria K. Koch, Linnaea 21; 413. 1848. TYPE: Roegneria caucasica K. Koch
Semeiostachys Semeiostachys Drobow, Fl. Uzbekistan. 1: 281, 539. 1941. TYPE: Semeiostachys turczaninovii (Drobow) Drobow (Agropyron turczaninovii Drobow
Sitanion Sitanion Rafinesque, J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 103. 1819. TYPE: Sitanion elymoides Rafinesque
Sitospelos Sitospelos Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 36, 606. 1763. TYPE: = Elymus Linnaeus 1753.
Stenostachys Stenostachys Turczaninow, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 35(2): 330. 1862. TYPE: Stenostachys narduroides Turczaninow
Terrellia Terrellia Lunell, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 227. 1915. TYPE: = Elymus Linnaeus 1753.
xElymotrigia xElymotrigia Hylander, Nord. Kärlväxtfl. 1: 371. 1953. TYPE: Elymus Linnaeus x Elytrigia Desvaux 1810.
xElysitanion xElysitanion Bowden, Canad. J. Bot. 45: 721. 1967. TYPE: Elymus Linnaeus 1753 x Sitanion Rafinesque 1819.