Elymus L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 83 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. & Subtropical Northern Hemisphere to Central & S. America, New Zealand.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil South, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Louisiana, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Antipodean Is., Azores, Bermuda, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Chatham Is., Crozet Is., Hawaii, Kerguelen, Madeira, Marion-Prince Edward, New South Wales, South Australia, South Georgia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Sep 6, 2023 Aronsson, M.; K009000914 No
Jan 1, 1989 Fischer, W. [228] Argentina K000308558 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1978 Wororow, G.; Nevski, S. [s.n.] Caucasus K000433612 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1961 Jacquemont, V. [1638] India K000032429 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1958 Schmid, F. [2334] Pakistan K000674972 Type Yes
Drummond, J. [384] Australia K000674943 Unknown Type Material Yes
Collinson, P. [358] K000674995 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [107819] Canada K001065425 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000674880 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000032423 Type Yes
Munro, W. [s.n.] K000674954 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F.; Earle, F.S.; Tracy, S.M. [111] United States K000674999 Unknown Type Material Yes
Munro, W. [s.n.] India K000032415 Type Yes
Richardson, J. [s.n.] Canada K000674996 Type Yes
Richards [s.n.] K000308102 Isotype Yes
Petrie, D. [1888] New Zealand K001065444 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [30186] India K000032418 Syntype Yes
Dutilly, A.; Lepage, E.; Duman, M. [32185] Canada K000674976 Unknown Type Material Yes
Stephenson, W. [116] New Zealand K001065438 Holotype Yes
Peterson, P.; Romaschenko, K. [25159] United States K001871690 No
Richardson [s.n.] K000308103 Type Yes
Turczaninow, N., S. [s.n.] K000674860 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K000674944 Unknown Type Material Yes
Peterson, P.; Annable, C.R.; Valdés-Reyna, J. [10036] Mexico K001871693 No
Aedo, C.; et al; Aizpuru, I.; Alonso, M.A.; Bairego, P.; Barberá, P.; Buira, A.; Capelo, J.; Crespo, M.B.; da Costa, J.C.; Diez -Machiño-, J.A.; Güemes, J.; Herrero, C.; Medina, L.; Molina, C.; Morales, R.; Pedrol, J.; Prunell, A.; Quintanar, A.; Rico, E K001905341 No
Lejeune, A., L. S. [s.n.] France K000674884 Unknown Type Material Yes
illegible [s.n.] New Zealand K001065437 Unknown Type Material Yes
Jacquemont, V. [1020] India K000032420 Type Yes
Noe, F., W. [509] France K000674882 Unknown Type Material Yes
Mueller, F. [s.n.] Australia K000674937 Unknown Type Material Yes
Eggleston, W., W. [2177] United States K000675000 Unknown Type Material Yes
Regel, E., A. von [s.n.] Kyrgyzstan K000433042 Syntype Yes
Dutilly, A.; Lepage, E.; Duman, M. [32845] Canada K000674977 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, T. [569] Iran K000433605 Type Yes
de Souzols [261] France K000674886 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso, J., W. [1144] New Zealand K001065441 Unknown Type Material Yes
Janka [s.n.] Greece K000674866 Isolectotype Yes
Malte, M., O. [119244] Canada K001065420 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [119244] Canada K001065421 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K000674874 Isotype Yes
Malte, M., O. [119246] Canada K001065424 Unknown Type Material Yes
Drummond, J. [383] Australia K000674942 Unknown Type Material Yes
illegible [s.n.] K001065439 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aucher-Eloy, P., M. R. [1412] K000433606 Type Yes
Lechler, W. [1190] K000308557 Type Yes
Brumati [s.n.] France K000674883 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [95] K000674938 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [108309] Canada K001065427 Unknown Type Material Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] India K000032421 Type Yes
Keng, Y., L. [5506] China K000674902 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kanashiro, T. [4371] China K000674903 Unknown Type Material Yes
Lechler [3007] Chile K000308559 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [30682] India K000032419 Syntype Yes
Kneucker, A. [953] Germany K000674865 Unknown Type Material Yes
Duthie, J., F. [12423] India K000032416 Type Yes
Duthie, J., F. [12423] India K000032417 Type Yes
Drummond, J. [384] Australia K000674940 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [s.n.] Canada K001065423 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso, J., W. [3955] New Zealand K001065442 Unknown Type Material Yes
Webb [s.n.] Australia K000674939 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [107855] Canada K001065422 Unknown Type Material Yes
Malte, M., O. [119239] Canada K001065426 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, T. [755] Iran K000433604 Type Yes
Drummond, J. [382] Australia K000674941 Unknown Type Material Yes
Dutilly, A.; Lepage, E.; Duman, M. [32386] Canada K000674975 Unknown Type Material Yes
Vasey, G. [s.n.] United States K000674998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso, J., W. [169] New Zealand K001065443 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turczaninow, N., S. [s.n.] Mongolia K000674862 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Russia K000674911 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turczaninow, N.S. [s.n.] K000674912 Unknown Type Material Yes
de Souzols [260] France K000674885 Unknown Type Material Yes
Krascheninnikov, H.; Ivanova, N. [1054] Russia K000674914 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henderson, F. [486] India K000032422 Type Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] K000674955 Type Yes
Pullen, W., J. S. [177] Canada K000674997 Unknown Type Material Yes
Schimper [1764] Ethiopia K000367324 Isotype Yes
Keng, Y., L. [5257] China K000674905 Unknown Type Material Yes
Turczaninow, N., S. [32] K000674861 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cunningham, A. [260] New Zealand K000743626 No
Afghanistan [18244] Afghanistan K000433618 Type Yes
Afghanistan [18244] Afghanistan K000433619 Type Yes
Kanashiro, T. [3907] China K000674900 Type Yes
Zotov, V., D. [17090] New Zealand K001065440 Type Yes
Brown, R. [6295] Australia K000674936 Unknown Type Material Yes
Godron, D., A. [s.n.] France K000674881 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [1611] New Zealand Hystrix K000674852 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [1157] New Zealand Hystrix K000674854 Unknown Type Material Yes
Home, E. [4344] New Zealand Hystrix K000674853 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0