Elymus hystrix

Elymus hystrix

Elymus hystrix

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 hystrix
Varieties: E. h. var. hystrix – E. h. var. piedmontanus

Name

Elymus hystrix L., 1753

Homonyms

• Elymus hystrix (Nutt.) M.E.Jones = Elymus elymoides subsp. elymoides

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Asperella hystrix (L.) Humb. in Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(7): 5 (1790)
  • Asprella echidnea Raf. in Amer. Monthly Mag. & Crit. Rev. 4: 190 (1819), nom. superfl.
  • Asprella hystrix (L.) Link in Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 100 (1821)
  • Elymus pseudohystrix Schult. in Mant. 2: 427 (1824), nom. superfl.
  • Gymnostichum hystrix (L.) Schreb. in Beschr. Gräs. 2: 127 (1810)
  • Gymnostichum patulum (Moench) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 228 (1915), nom. superfl.
  • Hordeum hystrix (L.) Schenck in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40: 109 (1907), nom. illeg.
  • Hystrix elymoides Mack. & Bush in Man. Fl. Jackson County: 39 (1902), nom. superfl.
  • Hystrix hystrix (L.) Millsp. in Fl. W. Virginia: 474 (1892), not validly publ.
  • Hystrix patula Moench in Methodus: 295 (1794)
  • Zeocriton hystrix (L.) P.Beauv. in Ess. Agrostogr.: 114 (1812)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America Regional: Northern Central & Eastern USA Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin 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: 60. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Elymus hystrix in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 22. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Elymus hystrix. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 December 2022.
• Hassler, M. 2022. Elymus hystrix. 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 22. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elymus hystrix. Published online. Accessed: December 22 2022.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Elymus hystrix in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

English: eastern bottlebrush grass 

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