Leymus

Leymus
Leymus cinereus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Leymus
Hochst.
Type species
Leymus arenarius
(L.) Hochst.[1]
Synonyms[2]
Mammoth Wild Rye (Leymus racemosus)

Leymus is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.[1][3][4][5]

  1. Leymus aemulans - Xinjiang, Central Asia
  2. Leymus ajanensis - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska
  3. Leymus akmolinensis - Siberia, Kazakhstan, European Russia
  4. Leymus alaicus - Central Asia
  5. Leymus altus - Xinjiang
  6. Leymus ambiguus - mountains of western USA
  7. Leymus angustus - Altai Wild Rye - China, Mongolia, Siberia, Central Asia
  8. Leymus arenarius - Lyme Grass - Europe
  9. Leymus aristiglumus - Qinghai
  10. Leymus × buriaticus - Siberia
  11. Leymus cappadocicus - Turkey, Afghanistan
  12. Leymus chinensis - China, Korea, Mongolia, Amur, Siberia
  13. Leymus cinereus - Basin Wild Rye - western North America (USA + Canada)
  14. Leymus condensatus - Giant Wild Rye - California, Baja California, Coahuila
  15. Leymus crassiusculus - Qinghai, Shanxi
  16. Leymus divaricatus - Kazakhstan
  17. Leymus duthiei - China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, northern India
  18. Leymus erianthus - Chile, Argentina
  19. Leymus × fedtschenkoi - Kyrgyzstan
  20. Leymus flavescens - Alberta, northwestern USA
  21. Leymus flexilis - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
  22. Leymus flexus - Qinghai, Gansu, Shanxi
  23. Leymus innovatus - from Alaska + Northwest Territories to South Dakota + Ontario
  24. Leymus × jenisseiensis - Siberia
  25. Leymus karelinii - Xinjiang, Central Asia, European Russia
  26. Leymus komarovii - China, Mongolia, Korea, Russian Far East
  27. Leymus kopetdaghensis - Turkmenistan
  28. Leymus lanatus - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
  29. Leymus latiglumis - Uzbekistan
  30. Leymus leptostachyus - Qinghai, Xinjiang
  31. Leymus mollis - colder parts of Asia + North America
  32. Leymus multicaulis - European Russia, Central Asia, Xinjiang
  33. Leymus × multiflorus - California
  34. Leymus mundus - Tibet, Gansu
  35. Leymus nikitinii - Turkmenistan
  36. Leymus oblongolemmatus - Qinghai [6]
  37. Leymus obvipodus - Qinghai
  38. Leymus ordensis - Siberia
  39. Leymus paboanus - Russia, China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Afghanistan
  40. Leymus pacificus - California
  41. Leymus paucispiculus - Qinghai, Gansu
  42. Leymus pendulus - Qinghai
  43. Leymus pishanicus - Xinjiang
  44. Leymus pluriflorus - Qinghai, Gansu
  45. Leymus pseudoracemosus - Qinghai
  46. Leymus pubinodis - Xinjiang
  47. Leymus racemosus - Mammoth Wild Rye - Eurasia from Bulgaria to Mongolia
  48. Leymus × ramosoides - European Russia
  49. Leymus ramosus - Eurasia from Crimea to Mongolia
  50. Leymus ruoqiangensis - Xinjiang, Qinghai
  51. Leymus salinus - western USA
  52. Leymus secalinus - Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Central Asia, Himalayas
  53. Leymus shanxiensis - Shanxi
  54. Leymus sibiricus - Russia from Altai Krai to Magadan
  55. Leymus × sphacelatus - Tuva
  56. Leymus spiniformis - Qinghai, Shanxi
  57. Leymus tianschanicus - Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
  58. Leymus triticoides - Creeping Wild Rye - British Columbia, western USA, Baja California, Tamaulipas
  59. Leymus × tuvinicus - Siberia
  60. Leymus × vancouverensis - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California
  61. Leymus villosissimus - Yakutia, Magadan, Kamchatka, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia
  62. Leymus yiunensis - Xinjiang

Butterfly food plant

Butterflies whose caterpillars feed on Leymus include:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tropicos, Leymus Hochst.
  2. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  3. ↑ Hochstetter, Christian Ferdinand Friedrich. 1848. Flora 31(7): 118, in footnote in German
  4. ↑ Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 387 Leymus Hochstetter
  5. ↑ Biota of North America Program 2013 county distribution maps
  6. ↑ The International Plant Names Index
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