Elymus canadensis

Elymus canadensis

Elymus canadensis

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 canadensis

Name

Elymus canadensis L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Clinelymus canadensis (L.) Nevski in Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 650 (1932)
  • Hordeum canadense (L.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 745 (1902)
  • Hordeum patulum Moench in Methodus: 199 (1794), nom. superfl.
  • Roegneria canadensis (L.) Hyl. in Bot. Not. 1953: 35 (1953)
  • Terrellia canadensis (L.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 228 (1915)
• Heterotypic
  • Elymus brachystachys Scribn. & C.R.Ball in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 24: 47 (1900)
  • Elymus canadensis var. albanensis Lepage in Naturaliste Canad. 79: 178 (1952)
  • Elymus canadensis var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Farw. in Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 357 (1920)
  • Elymus canadensis f. calvescens (Fernald) Bowden in Canad. J. Bot. 42: 575 (1964)
  • Elymus canadensis f. crescendus Ramaley in Minnesota Bot. Stud. 1: 114 (1894)
  • Elymus canadensis f. glaucifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Fernald in Rhodora 35: 191 (1933)
  • Elymus canadensis var. glaucifolius (Muhl. ex Willd.) Trevir. in Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1818: 3 (1818)
  • Elymus canadensis var. hirsutus (Farw.) Dorn in Vasc. Pl. Wyoming: 298 (1988)
  • Elymus canadensis var. pendulus Eaton & Wright in Man. Bot., ed. 8: 232 (1840)
  • Elymus canadensis var. philadelphicus (L.) Farw. in Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 357 (1920)
  • Elymus canadensis var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Mack. & Bush in Man. Fl. Jackson County: 38 (1902)
  • Elymus canadensis var. villosus Bates in Amer. Bot. (Binghamton) 20: 17 (1914)
  • Elymus canadensis var. wiegandii (Fernald) Bowden in Canad. J. Bot. 42: 574 (1964)
  • Elymus canadensis f. wiegandii (Fernald) Scoggan in Fl. Canada 2: 269 (1978)
  • Elymus canadensis subsp. wiegandii (Fernald) Á.Löve in Taxon 29: 167 (1980)
  • Elymus crescendus (Ramaley) C.F.Wheeler in Minnesota Bot. Stud. 3: 106 (1903)
  • Elymus glaucifolius Muhl. ex Willd. in Enum. Pl.: 131 (1809)
  • Elymus glaucifolius var. crescendus (Ramaley) Bush in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 83 (1926)
  • Elymus glaucifolius var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Bush in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 87 (1926)
  • Elymus philadelphicus L. in Cent. Pl. I: 6 (1755)
  • Elymus philadelphicus var. brachystachys (Scribn. & C.R.Ball) Farw. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 314 (1927)
  • Elymus philadelphicus var. hirsutus Farw. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 314 (1927)
  • Elymus philadelphicus var. pendulus (Eaton & Wright) Farw. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 314 (1927)
  • Elymus philadelphicus var. robustus (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Farw. in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 10: 314 (1927)
  • Elymus robustus Scribn. & J.G.Sm. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 37 (1897)
  • Elymus robustus var. vestitus Wiegand in Rhodora 20: 90 (1918)
  • Elymus wiegandii Fernald in Rhodora 35: 192 (1933)
  • Elymus wiegandii f. calvescens Fernald in Rhodora 35: 192 (1933)
  • Sitanion brodei Piper in Erythea 7: 100 (1899)
  • Terrellia canadensis var. glaucifolia (Muhl. ex Willd.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 228 (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: USA Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming Regional: Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Introduced into: Austria, Czechoslovakia, Transcaucasus 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: 83. 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 canadensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 24. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Elymus canadensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Elymus canadensis. 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 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elymus canadensis. Published online. Accessed: December 24 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elymus canadensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: Canada wild rye

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