Elymus sibiricus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 1: 83. 1753.

"Habitat in Sibiria." RCN: 697.

Lectotype (Bowden in Canad. J. Bot. 42: 554. 1964): Herb. Linn. No. 100.2 (LINN) .

Generitype of Elymus Linnaeus (vide Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot.: 121. 1929).

Current name: Elymus sibiricus L. ( Poaceae).

Note: Elymus sibiricus, with the type designated by Bowden, was proposed as conserved type of the genus by Jarvis (in Taxon 41: 572. 1992). However, the proposal was eventually ruled unnecessary by the General Committee (see Barrie, l.c. 55: 795-796. 2006 for a review of the history of this and related proposals).