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Leymus

Leymus is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.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 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 and Northwest Territories to South Dakota and 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 and North America Leymus multicaulis - European Russia, Central Asia, Xinjiang Leymus × multiflorus - California Leymus mundus - Tibet, Gansu Leymus nikitinii - Turkmenistan Leymus oblongolemmatus - Qinghai 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

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Leymus
Leymus cinereus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Supertribe: Triticodae
Tribe: Triticeae
Genus: Leymus
Hochst.
Type species
Leymus arenarius
Synonyms2
  • Elymus sect. Leymus (Hochst.) Honda1
  • Aneurolepidium Nevski
  • Eremium Seberg & Linde-Laursen
  • Macrohystrix (Tzvelev) Tzvelev & Prob.
  • Malacurus Nevski
  • Microhystrix (Tzvelev) Tzvelev & Prob.
Mammoth wild rye (Leymus racemosus) source ↗

Leymus is a genus of plants in the grass family Poaceae (Gramineae). It is widespread across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.1345

Butterfly food plant

Butterflies whose caterpillars feed on Leymus include the Zabulon skipper.

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