Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Elymus
Poaceae Barnhart
Elymus L. , nom. cons., scientific
Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 83 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: (not designated).
Linnaeus, C. (1754), Genera Plantarum Edn. 5: 36 [secondary reference]
Steudel, E.G. von (1854), Synopsis Plantarum Glumacearum 1(4-5): 350 [secondary reference]
Hitchcock, A.S. in Ramsbottom, J., Wilmott, A.J., Wakefield, E.M. & Sprague, T.A. (ed.) (August 1929), The application of Linnean generic names to be determined by means of specified Standard-species. Nomenclature: Proposals by British Botanists: 121 [secondary reference]
  • Type: Elymus sibiricus L.
Gould, F.W. (1947), Nomenclatorial changes in Elymus with a key to the Californian Species. MadroƱo; Journal of the California Botanical Society 9: 120-128 [secondary reference]
Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1989), Poaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 3: 135 [secondary reference]
Brummitt, R.K. (1992), Vascular Plant Families and Genera: 38 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Anthosachne Steud. legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Elymus. Flora of New South Wales 4: 601 [secondary reference]
common name: Wheatgrass [n/a]
Green, P.S. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (1994), Norfolk Island & Lord Howe Island. Flora of Australia 49: 469 [secondary reference]
Morris, D.I. in Curtis, W.M. & Morris, D.I. (1994), Poaceae. The Student's Flora of Tasmania 4B: 293 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 510 [secondary reference]
Wheeler, J.R., Marchant, N.G. & Lewington, M. (2002), Flora of the South West 1: 416 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyron Gaertn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyrum Roem. & Schult. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 101 (fig.), 236-237 [secondary reference]
common name: Wheatgrasses [n/a]
  • Etymology: "from the Greek for 'rolled up', referring to the caryopsis being tightly embraced by the lemma and palea"
Mabberley, D.J. (1 May 2008), Mabberley's Plant-Book Edn. 3: 303 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Elytrigia Desv. legitimate
Wang, S., Henwood, M.J. & Weiller, C.M. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Elymus. Flora of Australia 44A: 96 [secondary reference]
common name: Wheatgrass [n/a]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Asperella Humb. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyron Gaertn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyrum Roem. & Schult. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, Qld, NSW, LHI, NI, ACT, Vic, Tas
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (7 July 2021), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Asperella Humb. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyron Gaertn. legitimate pro parte taxonomic synonym: Agropyrum Roem. & Schult. orth. var.
  • APC Dist.: Vic (naturalised)