Lolium

Contains 5 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Lolium L.
RYEGRASS
Lolium is evidently embedded in the Festuca lineage (Inda et al. 2014; Cheng et al. 2016) and it may be preferable to include it within the larger genus Festuca.
Classification
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POALES
Lolium
Citation
LOLIUM Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 83. 1753.
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TYPE: Lolium perenne Linnaeus Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 281. 1913.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Lolium arundinaceum Tall Fescue, Alta Fescue
Lolium multiflorum Italian Rye-grass, Annual Rye-grass
Lolium perenne English Rye-grass, Perennial Rye-grass
Lolium pratense Meadow fescue
Lolium temulentum ssp. temulentum Darnel, Darnel Ryegrass
Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
No synonyms found.