Elymus texensis

Elymus texensis

Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Elymus
Species:
E. texensis
Binomial name
Elymus texensis

Elymus texensis, commonly called Texas wildrye,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the grass family (Poaceae). It is native to United States, where it is endemic to the Edwards Plateau of Texas.[3][4] Its natural habitat is on calcareous bluffs in Juniperus woodlands and grassy areas.[3]

Elymus texensis is a recently discovered and poorly known species. It was described to science in 2006.[5] It is currently only documented from three collections,[3] although further surveys will likely reveal more localities. It appears to be most morphologically similar to Elymus pringlei, which is found further south in Mexico.[5]

References

  1. ^ Elymus texensis NatureServe
  2. ^ NRCS. "Elymus texensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "Elymus". Grass Manual on the Web. Archived from the original on April 15, 2017.
  4. ^ "Elymus texensis". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  5. ^ a b Campbell, Julian (2006). "Two new species of Elymus (Poaceae) in the southern U.S.A. and other notes on North American Elymus species". SIDA, Contributions to Botany. 22 (1): 485–494. JSTOR 41968599.