Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elymus repens (L.) Gould [Poaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Elymus repens subsp. arenosus (Spenn.) Melderis

Elymus repens subsp. atlantis (Maire) Ibn Tattou

Elymus repens subsp. calcareus (Cernjavski) Melderis

Elymus repens subsp. littoreus (Schumach.) Conert

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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
ayrik	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ayrık kökü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
ayrıkotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
chienden petit	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
chiendent	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
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	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
couch grass rhizome	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
couch-grass	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
couchgrass	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
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) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dogs grass	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
doup	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
echte quecke	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gemeine quecke	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
grama	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
grama de las boticas	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
grama de las boticas, rizoma de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
grama del norte	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
grama francesa, rizoma	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
gramigna	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
gramigna canina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gramigna rizoma	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
gramigua	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
groesrod	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
joula	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
kłącze perzu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
marq	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
najm	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nejil	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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)
pied de poule	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pyraj	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
pyrej	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
pyriej	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
pýrový podzemok	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
quack grass	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
quackgrass	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
quecke	Other	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 (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rizom de pir	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
squaw wein	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
squaw wijn	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tarackbúza gyökértörzs	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
triticum	Other	Herbal Meds., 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
twitch	Other	Herbal Meds., 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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
vigne squaw	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vārpatas saknenis	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
wheat grass	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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)
пыpaй	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
пыpeй	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
пыpэй	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
دوپ	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
مرغ	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome without adventitious roots		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
rhizome		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
rhizoma		EMA Com. Monog.: Agropyron repens, rhiz. (2010)
Rhizome		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Aerial parts		Trad. 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)
leaves, roots		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome	whole or cut, dried rhizome	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome	whole or cut, washed and dried rhizome	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
rhizome	whole washed and dried rhizome, cut washed and dried rhizome	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)

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

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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Agropyron repens (L.) Beauv.	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 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 (L.)P.Beauv.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Agropyron repens (Linné) P.de Beauvois	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Agropyron repens Beauv.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
Agropyrum repens (L.) Beauv.	Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Agropyrum repens (L.) Pal.Beauvois	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Agropyrum repens P.Beauv.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Elymus repens	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Elymus repens (L.) Gould	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Elymus repens L.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Elytrigia repens	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Elytrigia repens (L.) Desv. ex B. D. Jackson var. repens	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Elytrigia repens (L.) Nevski *	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Elytrigia repens (L.)Nevski	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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