Plant Details

Accepted name:

Elymus repens (L.) Gould [Poaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 5

Elymus repens subsp. arenosus (Spenn.) Melderis

Elymus repens subsp. atlantis (Maire) Ibn Tattou

Elymus repens subsp. calcareus (Cernjavski) Melderis

Elymus repens subsp. elongatiformis (Drobow) Melderis

Elymus repens subsp. repens

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agriáda	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
agropyri repentis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
agropyron	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ayrık kökü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
ayrıkotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
caprinella	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
chienden petit	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
chiendent	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
chiendent (rhizome de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
chiendent officinal	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
couch grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
couch grass rhizome	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
couch-grass	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
couchgrass	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983)
creeping quackgrass	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dog grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dogs grass	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
doup	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gemeine quecke	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
grama	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
grama de las boticas, rizoma de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
grama francesa, rizoma	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
gramigna canina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gramigna rizoma	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
graminis	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
graminis flos	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
graminis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
korenika plazeče pirnice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kvekerot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kvickrot, jordstam	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kvikgræs rhizom	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kweek	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kłącze perzu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
marq	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
oddenek pýru	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
orasheina juurikas	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
pasto	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
pýrový podzemok	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
quack grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
quackgrass	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
quecke	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
queckenwurzelstock	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
quitch grass	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rizom de pir	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
tarackbúza gyökértörzs	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
triticum	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
triticum repens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
twitch	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
twitch grass	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
twitchgrass	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
vārpatas saknenis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
witch grass	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
witchgrass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
árkasti	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
άρκαστη	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αγριάδα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ρίζωμα αγρωστίδος της έρπουσας (αγριάδας )	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
пирей, коренище	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
دوپ	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
مرغ	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome without adventitious roots		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
rhizome		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
rhizoma		EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
Rhizome		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aerial part, root		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts, roots		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome	whole or cut, dried rhizome	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome	whole or cut, washed and dried rhizome	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
root	vegetal drug, dry extract, fluid extract	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	Whole or cut, washed and dried rhizome, the adventitious roots are removed	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Agropyron repens (L.) P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr.: 102 (1812).
Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 1: 14 (1933).
Agropyron junceum var. repens (L.) T.Marsson Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 7: 154 (1901).
Braconotia officinarum Godr. Fl. Lorraine 3: 192 (1844), nom. superfl.
Frumentum repens (L.) E.H.L.Krause Bot. Centralbl. 73: 340 (1898).
Triticum infestum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 27 (1796), nom. superfl.
Triticum repens L. Sp. Pl.: 86 (1753).
Zeia repens (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 227 (1915).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agropyron repens	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv.	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Agropyron repens (L.) P. de Beauvois	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Agropyron repens (L.) P.Beauv.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Agropyron repens (Linné) P.de Beauvois	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Agropyron repens Beauv.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Agropyrum repens (L.) Beauv.	Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Agropyrum repens (L.) Pal.Beauvois	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Agropyrum repens P.Beauv.	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Elymus repens	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Elymus repens (L.) Gould	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Elymus repens L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex B. D. Jackson var. repens	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski *	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Elytrigia repens (L.)Nevski	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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