Higher Classification: > Kingdom Plantae > Subkingdom Viridiplantae > Infrakingdom Streptophyta > Division Tracheophyta > Subdivision Spermatophytina > Class Magnoliopsida > Superorder Lilianae > Order Poales > Family Poaceae > Tribe Triticeae

Elytrigia Desv.

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thinopyrum*	Á. Löve	heterotypic synonym

Children

Elytrigia aenaeana Hohla & H. Scholz
Elytrigia angularis (Nevski) Nevski
Elytrigia arenosa (Spenn.) H. Scholz
Elytrigia atherica (Link) Kerguélen
Elytrigia attenuatiglumis (Nevski) Nevski
Elytrigia bessarabica (Săvul. & Rayss) Prokudin
Elytrigia caespitosa (K. Koch) Nevski
Elytrigia campestris (Godr. & Gren.) Kerguélen
Elytrigia clivora (Melderis) Valdés & H. Scholz
Elytrigia corsica (Hack.) Holub
Elytrigia curvifolia (Lange) Holub
Elytrigia deweyi (K. B. Jensen, S. L. Hatch & Wipff) Valdés & H. Scholz
Elytrigia dshinalica Sablina
Elytrigia elongata (Host) Nevski
Elytrigia embergeri (Maire) Valdés & H. Scholz
Elytrigia erosiglumis (Melderis) Valdés & H. Scholz
Elytrigia fursaevii Laktionov, Tzvelev & Mavrodiev
Elytrigia geniculata (Trin.) Nevski
Elytrigia gentryi (Melderis) Tzvelev
Elytrigia gracillima (Nevski) Nevski
Elytrigia heidemaniae Tzvelev
Elytrigia hoffmannii (K. B. Jensen & Asay) H. Scholz
Elytrigia intermedia (Host) Nevski
Elytrigia juncea (L.) Nevski
Elytrigia koshaninii (Nábělek) Holub
Elytrigia laxula Hohla & H. Scholz
Elytrigia lazica (Boiss.) Valdés & H. Scholz
Elytrigia levadica Kuvaev
Elytrigia libanotica (Hack.) Holub
Elytrigia lolioides (Kar. & Kir.) Nevski
Elytrigia obtusiflora (DC.) Tzvelev
Elytrigia pungens (Pers.) Tutin
Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski
Elytrigia sartorii (Boiss. & Heldr.) H. Scholz
Elytrigia scirpea (C. Presl) Holub
Elytrigia sosnowskyi (Hack.) Nevski
Elytrigia stipifolia (Nevski) Nevski
Elytrigia striatula (Runemark) Holub
Elytrigia strigosa (M. Bieb.) Nevski
Elytrigia tauri (Boiss. & Balansa) Tzvelev

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Finnish: juolat sources: Kurtto, A., Lampinen, R., Piirainen, M. & Uotila, P. 2019: Checklist of the vascular plants of Finland. Suomen putkilokasvien luettelo. – Helsinki: Finnish Museum of Natural History LUOMUS

Hebrew: גִּלְדָּן sources: Danin, A.: Flora of Israel Online – http://flora.huji.ac.il

Swedish: kvickrötter

Literature

nomenclatural reference	in Bull. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810

Genbank

Citation

Valdés, B. & Scholz, H.; with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G. (2009+): Poaceae (pro parte majore). Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Elytrigia Desv. Accessed through: Euro+Med PlantBase at https://europlusmed.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/a9d52e83-cf60-4ea6-aa48-07fa1f453b94

WoRMS (2025). Elytrigia Desv. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=431932