Elymus Linnaeus 1753 (wheatgrass)

Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Poaceae according to R. Srivastava 1991

Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Graminites, Stipa, Leptaspis, Oryza, Palaeopyrum, Oryzopsis, Humbertochloa, Phalaris, Poacites, Saccharum, Chaetochloa, Festuca, Pennisetum, Berriochloa, Glumophyllum, Triticum, Phyllostachys, Palaeoavena, Sorghum, Graminophyllum, Paleoeriocoma, Andropogon, Bambusites, Phragmites, Rhizocaulon, Muhlenbergia, Palaeophragmites, Setaria, Panicum, Bromus, Stipidium, Arundinaria

Subtaxa: Elymus arenarius Elymus canadensis Elymus caputmedusae Elymus deccanensis Elymus hystrix Elymus sibiricus Elymus virginicus

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Type: Elymus sibiricus

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Mohgaon Kalan ( of India)

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