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WoRMS taxon details

Elymus Linnaeus, 1753

AphiaID

425720 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:425720)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Poaceae

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Species Elymus athericus (Link) Kerguélen
Species Elymus repens (L.) Gould
Species Elymus farctus (Viv.) Runemark ex Melderis accepted as Elytrigia juncea (L.) Nevski

Environment

brackish, terrestrial

Original description

Linnaeus, C. V. (1748). Hortus upsaliensis :exhibens plantas exoticas, Horto upsaliensis academiae a sese illatas, ab anno 1742, in annum 1748, additis differentiis, synonymis, habitationibus, hospitiis, rariorumque descriptionibus, in gratiam studiosae juventutis. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.692 [details]

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2025). Elymus Linnaeus, 1753. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=425720 on 2025-12-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-10-24 04:38:40Z

created

Decock, Wim

2021-03-17 07:01:41Z

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Nomenclature

original description Linnaeus, C. V. (1748). Hortus upsaliensis :exhibens plantas exoticas, Horto upsaliensis academiae a sese illatas, ab anno 1742, in annum 1748, additis differentiis, synonymis, habitationibus, hospitiis, rariorumque descriptionibus, in gratiam studiosae juventutis. , available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.692 [details]

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