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Based on a simple multivariate analysis of the morphology of theAgropyron pubiflorum complex—A. patagonicum, A. antarcticum, A. fuegianum, andA. magellanicum—the variation pattern is shown to be clinal, and all taxa are included in a single, variable species. Currently the majority of species ofAgropyron is included inElymus and the correct name of this species isE. glaucescens.
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Seberg, O. A biometrical analysis of the South AmericanElymus glaucescens complex (Poaceae: Triticeae). Pl Syst Evol 166, 91–104 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00937878
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