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Bromus

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Origin Native

Degree of establishment Native

Tufted annuals or perennials. Leaf-blades flat; ligules membranous. Inflorescence a panicle or raceme. Spikelets laterally compressed, several-flowered; glumes shorter than spikelet, persistent, the upper longer than lower, both 1–9-nerved; lemma firm or membranous, awned or mucronate, often bifid at apex; palea mostly shorter than lemma.

About 50 species, almost cosmopolitan, but with greatest development in the Mediterranean, western Europe and eastern Asia regions; 23 in Australia, all but one introduced, 13 in Victoria.

Source:

Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., ‍Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons‍, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.

Key to the species of Bromus

Spinning

kingdom

phylum

class

order

family

Higher taxa

genus

Bromus

Subordinate taxa

species

Bromus alopecuros Poir.

species

Bromus arenarius Labill.

species

Bromus catharticus J.Vahl

species

Bromus commutatus Schrad.

species

Bromus diandrus Roth

species

Bromus hordeaceus L.

species

Bromus inermis Leyss.

species

Bromus lithobius Trin.

species

Bromus madritensis L.

species

species

species

species

Electronic Flora of South Australia

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