Elytrigia Desv.
Publ. & Syn.Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190 (1810).
NotesSoreng et al. (2003) and Barkworth et al. (2007) included Elytrigia in Elymus. Some morphological features (creeping rhizomes, disintegration of spikelets) and the different hybridization pattern give support to Elytrigia as a genus apart from Elymus.
Chromosomes14 (2x). - Far East (West Chukotka). - Zhukova and Petrovsky (1977).
GeographyAsian (NE): SIB.
Parent taxonPoaceae
Child taxa Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex Nevski
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