Elymus elymoides

Elymus elymoides

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 elymoides
Subspecies: E. e. subsp. californicus – E. e. subsp. elymoides

Name

Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey, 1891

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Elymus sitanion Schult. in Mant. 2: 426 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Hordeum elymoides (Raf.) Schenck in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 109 (1907)
  • Sitanion elymoides Raf. in J. Phys. Chim. Hist. Nat. Arts 89: 103 (1819)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan Regional: Western Central USA Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming Regional: Western USA California, Oregon, Washington Regional: Mexico Mexico Northeast Introduced into: District of Columbia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Swezey, G.D., 1891. Nebraska Flowering Plants 15. 1891

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elymus elymoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 21. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Elymus elymoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Elymus elymoides. 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 21. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elymus elymoides. Published online. Accessed: December 21 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elymus elymoides in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2022 December 21.

Vernacular names

English:  squirreltail
Diné bizaad:  Zééʼiilwoʼii ntsaaígíí
中文:  瓶刷披碱草

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