Leymus

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Hordeeae
Subtribus: Hordeinae
Genus: Leymus
Species: L. aemulans – L. ajanensis – L. akmolinensis – L. alaicus – L. altus – L. ambiguus – L. angustus – L. arenarius – L. aristiglumus – L. cappadocicus – L. chinensis – L. cinereus – L. condensatus – L. crassiusculus – L. divaricatus – L. duthiei – L. erianthus – L. flavescens – L. flexilis – L. flexus – L. karelinii – L. komarovii – L. kopetdaghensis – L. lanatus – L. latiglumis – L. leptostachyus – L. mollis – L. multicaulis – L. mundus – L. nikitinii – L. obvipodus – L. ordensis – L. paboanus – L. pacificus – L. pendulus – L. pishanicus – L. pluriflorus – L. pseudoracemosus – L. pubinodes – L. racemosus – L. ramosus – L. ruoqiangensis – L. salina – L. secalinus – L. shanxiensis – L. sibiricus – L. spiniformis – L. tianschanicus – L. triticoides – L. villosissimus – L. yiunensis – L. yiwuensis

Nothospecies: L. × buriaticus – L. × fedtschenkoi – L. × jenisseiensis – L. x multiflorus – L. × ramosoides – L. x sphacelatus – L. x tuvinicus – L. x vancouverensis
Name

Leymus Hochst., Flora 31: 118 (1848)

Type species: Leymus arenarius (L.) Hochst., Flora 31: 118 (1848)

Synonyms

Heterotypic
Aneurolepidium Nevski, Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 14, 27 (1933).
Malacurus Nevski, Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 38 (1934).

References

Hochstetter, C.F.F. 1848. Flora 31(7): 118.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Leymus in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Leymus. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7.
Tropicos.org 2013. Leymus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Dec. 7.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Leymus. Published online. Accessed: 7 Dec. 2013.

Vernacular names
suomi: Rantavehnät

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]

Leymus aemulans - Xinjiang, Central Asia
Leymus ajanensis - Siberia, Russian Far East, Alaska
Leymus akmolinensis - Siberia, Kazakhstan, European Russia
Leymus alaicus - Central Asia
Leymus altus - Xinjiang
Leymus ambiguus - mountains of western US
Leymus angustus - Altai wild rye - China, Mongolia, Siberia, Central Asia
Leymus arenarius - lyme grass - Europe
Leymus aristiglumus - Qinghai
Leymus × buriaticus - Siberia
Leymus cappadocicus - Turkey, Afghanistan
Leymus chinensis - China, Korea, Mongolia, Amur, Siberia
Leymus cinereus - basin wild rye - western North America (US + Canada)
Leymus condensatus - giant wild rye - California, Baja California, Coahuila
Leymus crassiusculus - Qinghai, Shanxi
Leymus divaricatus - Kazakhstan
Leymus duthiei - China, Korea, Japan, Nepal, northern India
Leymus erianthus - Chile, Argentina
Leymus × fedtschenkoi - Kyrgyzstan
Leymus flavescens - Alberta, northwestern US
Leymus flexilis - Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan
Leymus flexus - Qinghai, Gansu, Shanxi
Leymus innovatus - from Alaska + Northwest Territories to South Dakota + Ontario
Leymus × jenisseiensis - Siberia
Leymus karelinii - Xinjiang, Central Asia, European Russia
Leymus komarovii - China, Mongolia, Korea, Russian Far East
Leymus kopetdaghensis - Turkmenistan
Leymus lanatus - Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan
Leymus latiglumis - Uzbekistan
Leymus leptostachyus - Qinghai, Xinjiang
Leymus mollis - colder parts of Asia + North America
Leymus multicaulis - European Russia, Central Asia, Xinjiang
Leymus × multiflorus - California
Leymus mundus - Tibet, Gansu
Leymus nikitinii - Turkmenistan
Leymus oblongolemmatus - Qinghai[6]
Leymus obvipodus - Qinghai
Leymus ordensis - Siberia
Leymus paboanus - Russia, China, Mongolia, Central Asia, Afghanistan
Leymus pacificus - California
Leymus paucispiculus - Qinghai, Gansu
Leymus pendulus - Qinghai
Leymus pishanicus - Xinjiang
Leymus pluriflorus - Qinghai, Gansu
Leymus pseudoracemosus - Qinghai
Leymus pubinodis - Xinjiang
Leymus racemosus - mammoth wild rye - Eurasia from Bulgaria to Mongolia
Leymus × ramosoides - European Russia
Leymus ramosus - Eurasia from Crimea to Mongolia
Leymus ruoqiangensis - Xinjiang, Qinghai
Leymus salina - western US
Leymus secalinus - Siberia, Mongolia, China, Korea, Central Asia, Himalayas
Leymus shanxiensis - Shanxi
Leymus sibiricus - Russia from Altai Krai to Magadan
Leymus × sphacelatus - Tuva
Leymus spiniformis - Qinghai, Shanxi
Leymus tianschanicus - Iran, Central Asia, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia
Leymus triticoides - creeping wild rye - British Columbia, western US, Baja California, Tamaulipas
Leymus × tuvinicus - Siberia
Leymus × vancouverensis - British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California
Leymus villosissimus - Yakutia, Magadan, Kamchatka, Alaska, Yukon, Northwest Territories, British Columbia
Leymus yiunensis - Xinjiang

Butterfly food plant

Butterflies whose caterpillars feed on Leymus include:

Zabulon skipper, Poanes zabulon

References

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