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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Elymus L.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass  Commelinidae
Order  Cyperales
Family  Poaceae – Grass family
Genus  Elymus L. – wildrye P
 
Contains 68 Species and 64 accepted taxa overall
 
Down one level
 
Species  Elymus abolinii (Drobow) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus agropyroides J. Presl P
Species  Elymus alaskanus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve – Alaskan wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus alaskanus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve ssp. alaskanus – Alaskan wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus alaskanus (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve ssp. latiglumis (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) A. Löve – Alaskan wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus albicans (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) A. Löve – Montana wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus arizonicus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – Arizona wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus bakeri (E.E. Nelson) A. Löve – Baker's wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus batalinii (Krasn.) A. Löve P
Species  Elymus breviaristatus (Hitchc.) A. Löve P
Subspecies  Elymus breviaristatus (Hitchc.) A. Löve ssp. scabrifolius (Döll) A. Löve P
Species  Elymus calderi Barkworth – Yukon wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus californicus (Bol. ex Thurb.) Gould – California bottlebrush grass P
Species  Elymus canadensis L. – Canada wildrye P
Species  Elymus caninus (L.) L. – bearded wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus ×cayouetteorum (B. Boivin) Barkworth P
Species  Elymus ciliaris (Trin.) Tzvel. – wildrye P
Subspecies  Elymus ciliaris (Trin.) Tzvel. ssp. ciliaris – wildrye P
Species  Elymus dahuricus Turcz. ex Griseb. – Dahurian wild rye P
Subspecies  Elymus dahuricus Turcz. ex Griseb. ssp. excelsus (Turcz. ex Griseb.) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus diversiglumis Scribn. & C.R. Ball – diverseglume wildrye P
Species  Elymus donianus (F.B. White) A. Löve & D. Löve P
Species  Elymus drobovii (Nevski) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus ×ebingeri G. Tucker P
Species  Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey – squirreltail P
Subspecies  Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. brevifolius (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth – squirreltail P
Subspecies  Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. californicus (J.G. Sm.) Barkworth – squirreltail P
Subspecies  Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. elymoides – squirreltail P
Subspecies  Elymus elymoides (Raf.) Swezey ssp. hordeoides (Suksd.) Barkworth – squirreltail P
Species  Elymus fibrosus (Schrenk) Tzvelev P
Subspecies  Elymus fibrosus (Schrenk) Tzvelev ssp. fibrosus P
Species  Elymus glaucus Buckley – blue wildrye P
Subspecies  Elymus glaucus Buckley ssp. glaucus – blue wildrye P
Subspecies  Elymus glaucus Buckley ssp. jepsonii (Burtt Davy) Gould – Jepson's blue wildrye P
Subspecies  Elymus glaucus Buckley ssp. virescens (Piper) Gould – blue wildrye P
Species  Elymus gmelinii (Ledeb.) Tzvel. – wildrye P
Species  Elymus ×hansenii Scribn. (pro sp.) P
Species  Elymus hirsutus J. Presl – northern ryegrass P
Species  Elymus hoffmannii K.B. Jensen & K.H. Asay – RS wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus hystrix L. – eastern bottlebrush grass P
Variety  Elymus hystrix L. var. bigeloviana (Fernald) Bowden – eastern bottlebrush grass P
Variety  Elymus hystrix L. var. hystrix – eastern bottlebrush grass P
Species  Elymus interruptus Buckley – Texas wildrye P
Species  Elymus kronokensis (Kom.) Tzvelev [excluded] P
Subspecies  Elymus kronokensis (Kom.) Tzvelev ssp. kronokensis (Kom.) Tzvelev [excluded] P
Subspecies  Elymus kronokensis (Kom.) Tzvelev ssp. subalpinus (L. Neum.) Tzvelev [excluded] P
Species  Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould – thickspike wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould ssp. lanceolatus – thickspike wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus lanceolatus (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Gould ssp. psammophilus (J.M. Gillett & H. Senn) A. Löve – Great Lakes wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus longearistatus (Boiss.) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus macrourus (Turcz.) Tzvelev – tufted wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus magellanicus (E. Desv.) A. Löve P
Species  Elymus ×maltei Bowden P
Species  Elymus ×mossii (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey P
Species  Elymus multisetus M.E. Jones – big squirreltail P
Species  Elymus mutabilis (Drobow) Tzvelev P
Subspecies  Elymus mutabilis (Drobow) Tzvelev ssp. mutabilis P
Subspecies  Elymus mutabilis (Drobow) Tzvelev ssp. praecaespitosus (Nevski) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus nevskii Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus nutans Griseb. P
Species  Elymus ×palmerensis (Lepage) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey P
Species  Elymus patagonicus Speg. P
Species  Elymus pendulina (Nevski) Tzvel. – wildrye P
Species  Elymus ×pinaloensis (Pyrah) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey P
Species  Elymus praeruptus Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus ×pseudorepens (Scribn. & J.G. Sm.) Barkworth & D.R. Dewey P
Species  Elymus repens (L.) Gould – quackgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus repens (L.) Gould ssp. elongatiformis (Drobow) Melderis P
Species  Elymus riparius Wiegand – riverbank wildrye P
Species  Elymus sajanensis (Nevski) Tzvelev – tundra wildrye P
Species  Elymus ×saundersii Vasey (pro sp.) P
Species  Elymus scabriglumis (Hack.) A. Löve P
Species  Elymus scribneri (Vasey) M.E. Jones – spreading wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus semicostatus (Nees ex Steud.) A. Löve – drooping wildrye P
Species  Elymus sibiricus L. – Siberian wildrye P
Species  Elymus sierrus Gould – Sierra wildrye P
Species  Elymus stebbinsii Gould – Parish wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus stebbinsii Gould ssp. septentrionalis Barkworth P
Subspecies  Elymus stebbinsii Gould ssp. stebbinsii – Parish wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus submuticus (Hook.) Smyth & Smyth – Virginia wildrye P
Species  Elymus subsecundus (Link) A. Löve & D. Löve – bearded wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus svensonii Church – Svenson's wildrye P
Species  Elymus tangutorum (Nevshi) Hand. – wildrye P
Species  Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners – slender wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. subsecundus (Link) A. Löve & D. Löve – slender wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. trachycaulus – slender wheatgrass P
Subspecies  Elymus trachycaulus (Link) Gould ex Shinners ssp. virescens (Lange) A. Löve & D. Löve P
Species  Elymus transhyrcanus (Nevski) Tzvelev P
Species  Elymus tsukushiensis Honda P
Variety  Elymus tsukushiensis Honda var. tsukushiensis P
Species  Elymus villosus Muhl. ex Willd. – hairy wildrye P
Species  Elymus virginicus L. – Virginia wildrye P
Variety  Elymus virginicus L. var. halophilus (E.P. Bicknell) Wiegand – Virginia wildrye P
Variety  Elymus virginicus L. var. virginicus – Virginia wildrye P
Species  Elymus vulpinus Rydb. – Rydberg's wildrye P
Species  Elymus wawawaiensis J. Carlson & Barkworth – Snake River wheatgrass P
Species  Elymus wiegandii Fernald – Wiegand's wildrye P
Species  Elymus ×yukonensis (Scribn. & Merr.) A. Löve (pro sp.) – Yukon wheatgrass P

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