Elymus (plant)
Elymus is a genus of perennial plants with approximately 150 species in the grass family, related to rye, wheat, and other widely grown cereal grains.
Elymus is a cosmopolitan genus, represented by species across all continents of the world.
Common names include couch grass, wild rye and wheatgrass.
The genus name Elymus comes from the Greek ἔλυμος "foxtail millet, Setaria italica".
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted 173 species and 19 hybrids:- Elymus abolinii
- Elymus aenaeanus
- Elymus afghanicus
- Elymus africanus
- Elymus alaskanus
- Elymus albicans
- Elymus alienus
- Elymus alpinus
- Elymus altissimus
- Elymus amgensis
- Elymus angsaiensis
- Elymus angulatus
- Elymus angustispiculatus
- Elymus anthosachnoides
- Elymus antiquus
- Elymus × apiculatus
- Elymus arcuatus
- Elymus arizonicus
- Elymus atratus
- Elymus bakeri
- Elymus barbicallus
- Elymus barystachyus
- Elymus × bobrovicus
- Elymus borianus
- Elymus × brachyphyllus
- Elymus brevipes
- Elymus burchan-buddae
- Elymus buschianus
- Elymus cacuminis
- Elymus caesifolius
- Elymus caianus
- Elymus californicus, California bottlebrush grass
- Elymus canadensis
- Elymus caninus
- Elymus caucasicus
- Elymus cheniae
- Elymus churchii
- Elymus ciliaris
- Elymus clivorum
- Elymus colorans
- Elymus confusus
- Elymus cordilleranus
- Elymus coreanus
- Elymus curtiaristatus
- Elymus curvatiformis
- Elymus curvatus
- Elymus × czilikensis
- Elymus czimganicus
- Elymus debilis
- Elymus dentatus
- Elymus diversiglumis
- Elymus dolichatherus
- Elymus dolichorhachis
- Elymus × dorei
- Elymus dorudicus
- Elymus durus
- Elymus duthiei
- Elymus × ebingeri
- Elymus edelbergii
- Elymus elymoides
- Elymus erosiglumis
- Elymus × fedoronchukii
- Elymus fedtschenkoi
- Elymus festucoides
- Elymus fibrosus
- Elymus formosanus
- Elymus glaberrimus
- Elymus glaucissimus
- Elymus glaucus
- Elymus gmelinii
- Elymus grandis
- Elymus × hansenii
- Elymus hirsutus
- Elymus hitchcockii
- Elymus hoffmannii
- Elymus hondae
- Elymus hongyuanensis
- Elymus hordeoides
- Elymus humilis
- Elymus hybridus
- Elymus hystrix
- Elymus × incertus
- Elymus × interjacens
- Elymus interruptus
- Elymus intramongolicus
- Elymus ircutensis
- Elymus jacquemontii
- Elymus jacutensis
- Elymus karakabinicus
- Elymus kasteki
- Elymus khokhrjakovii
- Elymus kuramensis
- Elymus lancangensis
- Elymus lanceolatus
- Elymus laxinodis
- Elymus lazicus
- Elymus leiotropis
- Elymus lenensis
- Elymus lolioides
- Elymus longearistatus
- Elymus longifolius
- Elymus macgregorii
- Elymus macrochaetus
- Elymus macrourus
- Elymus magellanicus
- Elymus magnicaespes
- Elymus magniherbosus
- Elymus magnipodus
- Elymus × maltei
- Elymus margaritae
- Elymus maroccanus
- Elymus medius
- Elymus mendocinus
- Elymus × mossii
- Elymus multisetus
- Elymus mutabilis
- Elymus nakaii
- Elymus nepalensis
- Elymus nipponicus
- Elymus nodosus
- Elymus × nothus
- Elymus × palmerensis
- Elymus panormitanus
- Elymus patagonicus
- Elymus pendulinus
- Elymus petrovii
- Elymus praeruptus
- Elymus probatovae
- Elymus pseudocaninus
- Elymus × pseudorepens
- Elymus puberulus
- Elymus pulanensis
- Elymus pungens
- Elymus purpurascens
- Elymus qingnanensis
- Elymus repens
- Elymus retroflexus
- Elymus rhodopaeus
- Elymus riparius
- Elymus russellii
- Elymus sajanensis
- Elymus × saundersii
- Elymus × saxicola
- Elymus scabridulus
- Elymus scabrifolius
- Elymus scabriglumis
- Elymus schugnanicus
- Elymus sclerophyllus
- Elymus scribneri
- Elymus semicostatus
- Elymus serotinus
- Elymus serpentinus
- Elymus shandongensis
- Elymus shirazicus
- Elymus shouliangiae
- Elymus sibinicus
- Elymus sibiricus
- Elymus sikkimensis
- Elymus sinkiangensis
- Elymus sinoflexuosus
- Elymus sinosubmuticus
- Elymus smithii
- Elymus × spurius
- Elymus stebbinsii
- Elymus stenostachyus
- Elymus strictus
- Elymus svensonii
- Elymus sylvaticus
- Elymus tenuis
- Elymus tenuispicatus
- Elymus tenuispicus
- Elymus texensis
- Elymus tibeticus
- Elymus tilcarensis
- Elymus transhyrcanus
- Elymus trichospicula
- Elymus troctolepis
- Elymus uralensis
- Elymus × versicolor
- Elymus villosus
- Elymus violaceus
- Elymus virginicus
- Elymus viridulus
- Elymus vulpinus
- Elymus wawawaiensis
- Elymus yangiae
- Elymus yubaridakensis
- Elymus × yukonensis
- Elymus yushuensis
- Elymus zadoiensis
- Elymus zejensis
- ''Elymus zhui''
Older classifications