Elymus smithii

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 smithii

Name

Elymus smithii (Rydb.) Gould, 1947

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Agropyron smithii Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 64 (1900)
- Agropyron smithii var. typica Waterf. in Rhodora 51: 21 (1949), not validly publ.
- Elytrigia smithii (Rydb.) Nevski in Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 25 (1933)
- Pascopyrum smithii (Rydb.) Á.Löve in Taxon 29: 168 (1980)
- Zeia smithii (Rydb.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 227 (1915)
Heterotypic
- Agropyron glaucum var. occidentale Scribn. in Trans. Kansas Acad. Sci. 9: 110 (1885)
- Agropyron molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb. in Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 65 (1900)
- Agropyron occidentale (Scribn.) Scribn. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 27: 9 (1900)
- Agropyron occidentale var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Scribn. in Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 27: 9 (1900)
- Agropyron occidentale var. palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Scribn. in Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 27: 9 (1900)
- Agropyron palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Rydb. in Fl. Colorado: 55 (1906)
- Agropyron smithii f. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Gillett & Senn in Canad. J. Bot. 38: 750 (1960)
- Agropyron smithii var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) M.E.Jones in Contr. W. Bot. 14: 18 (1912)
- Agropyron smithii var. palmeri (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) A.Heller in Cat. N. Amer. Pl., ed. 2: 3 (1900)
- Agropyron spicatum var. molle Scribn. & J.G.Sm. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 33 (1897)
- Agropyron spicatum var. palmeri Scribn. & J.G.Sm. in Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 4: 33 (1897)
- Agropyron spicatum var. viride Farw. in Rep. (Annual) Michigan Acad. Sci. 21: 356 (1920)
- Elytrigia smithii var. molle (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Beetle in Phytologia 55: 211 (1984)
- Zeia mollis (Scribn. & J.G.Sm.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226 (1915)
- Zeia occidentalis (Scribn.) Lunell in Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 226 (1915)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regional: USA
  - Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Regional: Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Northeast

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Gould, F.W., 1947. Madroño 9: 127

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 smithii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2022. Elymus smithii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 December 2022.
Hassler, M. 2022. Elymus smithii. 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 27. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2022. Elymus smithii. Published online. Accessed: December 27 2022.

Vernacular names

English: western wheatgrass