Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (=) Elymus virginicus var. submuticus Hook.

Common names:

• awnless wild rye  (Source: F NAmer) - English

Distributional Range:

Native

Northern America

• EASTERN CANADA: Canada [Québec (s.), Ontario (s.)]
• WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Saskatchewan (s.), Manitoba (s.), British Columbia (s.e.)]
• NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Vermont (n.)]
• NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma (n.), South Dakota, Wisconsin]
• NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Idaho (n.), Montana, Washington, Wyoming (n.e.)]
• SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Kentucky (w.), Tennessee]
• SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (n.)]
• SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Utah (n.)]

References:

1. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
2. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. Note: = Elymus virginicus var. submuticus Hook.
3. Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955-1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. Note: = Elymus virginicus L.
4. Kim, N.-S. et al. 2008. Cytogenetic analysis of intergeneric hybrids between barley and nine species of Elymus. Genome 51:897-904.
5. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:286. Note: as Elymus submuticus (Hook.) Smyth, but this name is based on E. virginicus var. submuticus
6. Wang, R. R.-C. 2011. Chapter 2. Agropyron and Psathyrostachys. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, cereals 77-108. Note: this review mentioned the diversity of genome constitution in Triticeae, all types found in Elymus able to cross with wheat
7. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae) (on-line resource).

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=314086. Accessed 18 May 2024.