Elymus virginicus

Elymus virginicus

Elymus virginicus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Hordeeae
Genus: Elymus
Species: Elymus virginicus

Name

Elymus virginicus L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Hordeum cartilagineum Moench in Methodus: 199 (1794), nom. superfl.
  • Hordeum virginicum (L.) Schenck in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 109 (1907)
  • Leptothrix virginica (L.) Dumort. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 66 (1868)
  • Terrellia virginica (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 228 (1915)
• Heterotypic
  • Agropyron vaginans (Pers.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 102 (1812)
  • Elymus australis Scribn. & C.R.Ball in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 46 (1901)
  • Elymus australis var. glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Wiegand in Rhodora 20: 84 (1918)
  • Elymus canadensis var. glabriflorus Vasey ex L.H.Dewey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 550 (1894)
  • Elymus canadensis var. intermedius Vasey ex A.Gray in Manual, ed. 6: 673 (1890)
  • Elymus carolinianus Walter in Fl. Carol.: 82 (1788)
  • Elymus durus Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 550 (1840), pro syn.
  • Elymus flexuosus Tausch in Flora 20: 120 (1837)
  • Elymus glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Scribn. & C.R.Ball in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 49 (1900)
  • Elymus glabriflorus var. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) J.J.N.Campb. in Novon 5: 128 (1995)
  • Elymus halophilus E.P.Bicknell in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 201 (1908)
  • Elymus hirsutiglumis Scribn. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 11: 58 (1898)
  • Elymus hordeiformis Desf. in Tabl. École Bot.: 15 (1804)
  • Elymus intermedius (Vasey ex A.Gray) Scribn. & J.G.Sm. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 38 (1897), nom. illeg.
  • Elymus jejunus (Ramaley) Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 539 (1909)
  • Elymus striatus Schreb. ex Muhl. in Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc. 3: 161 (1793), nom. nud.
  • Elymus striatus Willd. in Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 1: 470 (1797)
  • Elymus virginicus f. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Fernald in Rhodora 35: 198 (1933)
  • Elymus virginicus var. australis (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Hitchc. in Pub. Dept. Conservation, Indiana 82: 113 (1929)
  • Elymus virginicus var. glabriflorus (Vasey ex L.H.Dewey) Bush in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 62 (1926)
  • Elymus virginicus var. glaucus Beal in Grass. N. Amer. 2: 653 (1896)
  • Elymus virginicus var. halophilus (E.P.Bicknell) Wiegand in Rhodora 20: 83 (1918)
  • Elymus virginicus f. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Fernald in Rhodora 35: 198 (1933)
  • Elymus virginicus var. hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Hitchc. in Rhodora 10: 65 (1908), nom. superfl.
  • Elymus virginicus var. intermedius (Vasey ex A.Gray) Bush in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 60 (1926)
  • Elymus virginicus var. jejunus (Ramaley) Bush in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 65 (1926)
  • Elymus virginicus f. jejunus Ramaley in Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1(9): 114 (1894)
  • Elymus virginicus f. lasiolepis Fernald in Rhodora 35: 198 (1933)
  • Elymus virginicus var. micromeris Schmoll in Rhodora 39: 416 (1937)
  • Elymus virginicus var. minor Vasey ex L.H.Dewey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 2: 550 (1894)
  • Hordeum striatum (Willd.) Schenck in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 109 (1907)
  • Terrellia halophila (E.P.Bicknell) Nevski in Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 639 (1932)
  • Terrellia hirsutiglumis (Scribn.) Nevski in Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 639 (1932)
  • Terrellia jejuna (Ramaley) Nevski in Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 639 (1932)
  • Terrellia striata (Willd.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 228 (1915)
  • Triticum vaginans Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 109 (1805)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Central & Eastern USA Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regional: Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward I., Québec, Saskatchewan Introduced into: Bermuda References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 84. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elymus virginicus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 23. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Elymus virginicus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Elymus virginicus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 23. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elymus virginicus. Published online. Accessed: December 23 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elymus virginicus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

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