| Lolium perenne | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Lolium |
| Species: | L. perenne
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| Binomial name | |
| Lolium perenne | |
Lolium perenne, common name perennial ryegrass,[1] English ryegrass, winter ryegrass, or ray grass, is a grass from the family Poaceae. It is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa, but is widely cultivated and naturalised around the world.
- ^ Langer, R.H.M.; Hill, G.D. (1991), Agricultural Plants (2 ed.), Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0521405637