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.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Elymus virginicus VIRGINIA WILDRYE Native FAC (NWPL)
[Family 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.