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Bromus L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40478

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Aechmophora Steud.
		Anisantha K. Koch
		Avenaria Heist. ex Fabr.
		Bromopsis (Dumort.) Fourr.
		Ceratochloa P. Beauv.
		Forasaccus Bubani
		Genea (Dumort.) Dumort.
		Libertia Lej.
		Michelaria Dumort.
		Nevskiella Krecz. & Vved.
		Serrafalcus Parl.
		Stenofestuca (Honda) Nakai
		Triniusa Steud.
		Trisetobromus Nevski
		Zerna Panz.
	Common Name(s):	brome
		brome spp.

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phan�rogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotyl�dones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, gramin�es
	Genus	Bromus L. – brome, brome spp.
		Direct Children:
	Variety	Bromus sitchensis var. sitchensis Trin. – Sitka brome
	Species	Bromus aleutensis Trin. ex Griseb. – Aleutian brome
	Species	Bromus alopecuros Poir. – weedy brome
	Species	Bromus anomalus Rupr. ex E. Fourn. – nodding brome, nodding bromegrass
	Species	Bromus araucanus Phil.
	Species	Bromus arenarius Labill. – Australian brome
	Species	Bromus arizonicus (Shear) Stebbins – Arizona brome
	Species	Bromus arvensis L. – field brome
	Species	Bromus attenuatus Swallen
	Species	Bromus auleticus Trin. ex Nees
	Species	Bromus berteroanus Colla
	Species	Bromus biebersteinii Roemer & J.A. Schultes – meadow brome
	Species	Bromus bonariensis Parodi & J.A. C�mara
	Species	Bromus brachyantherus D�ll
	Species	Bromus briziformis Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – rattlesnake brome
	Species	Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn. – California brome, mountain brome
	Species	Bromus caroli-henrici Greuter
	Species	Bromus catharticus Vahl – rescuegrass, rescue brome, rescue grass, rescuegras
	Species	Bromus cebadilla Steud.
	Species	Bromus ciliatus L. – fringed brome
	Species	Bromus coloratus Steud.
	Species	Bromus commutatus Schrad. – meadow brome, hairy brome, hairy chess
	Species	Bromus condensatus Hack.
	Species	Bromus danthoniae Trin. ex C.A. Mey. – oat brome
	Species	Bromus densus Swallen
	Species	Bromus diandrus Roth – ripgut brome
	Species	Bromus dolichocarpus Wagnon
	Species	Bromus erectus Huds. – erect brome
	Species	Bromus exaltatus Bernh.
	Species	Bromus flexuosus Planchuelo
	Species	Bromus frondosus (Shear) Wooton & Standl. – weeping brome
	Species	Bromus grandis (Shear) Hitchc. – tall brome
	Species	Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC. – whiskered brome
	Species	Bromus gunckelii Matthei
	Species	Bromus hallii (Hitchc.) Saarela & P.M. Peterson
	Species	Bromus hordeaceus L. – soft brome, soft chess
	Species	Bromus inermis Leyss. – smooth brome, awnless brome
	Species	Bromus japonicus Thunb. ex Murray – Japanese brome, Japanese chess, Japanese bromegrass
	Species	Bromus kalmii A. Gray – arctic brome, wild chess, brome de Kalm, Kalm's brome
	Species	Bromus laevipes Shear – Chinook brome, woodland brome
	Species	Bromus lanatipes (Shear) Rydb. – woolly brome
	Species	Bromus lanatus Kunth
	Species	Bromus lanceolatus Roth – Mediterranean brome
	Species	Bromus latiglumis (Scribn. ex Shear) Hitchc. – earlyleaf brome, broad-glumed brome, early-leaf brome
	Species	Bromus lepidus Holmb. – slender soft brome
	Species	Bromus lithobius Trin.
	Species	Bromus luzonensis J. Presl – hoary brome
	Species	Bromus madritensis L. – compact brome, Spanish brome
	Species	Bromus mango E. Desv. – mango brome
	Species	Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud. – mountain brome
	Species	Bromus maritimus (Piper) Hitchc. – seaside brome
	Species	Bromus meyeri Swallen
	Species	Bromus modestus Renvoize
	Species	Bromus mucroglumis Wagnon – sharpglume brome, sharp glume brome
	Species	Bromus nottowayanus Fernald – Nottoway Valley brome
	Species	Bromus orcuttianus Vasey – Orcutt's brome, Orcutt brome
	Species	Bromus pacificus Shear – Pacific brome
	Species	Bromus parodii Covas & Itria
	Species	Bromus pellitus Hack.
	Species	Bromus pitensis Kunth
	Species	Bromus polyanthus Scribn. ex Shear – Great Basin brome, polyanthus brome
	Species	Bromus porteri (J.M. Coult.) Nash – Porter brome
	Species	Bromus pseudolaevipes Wagnon – coast range brome
	Species	Bromus X pseudothominii P.M. Sm.
	Species	Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd. – hairy woodland brome, hairy wood brome grass, brome pubescent
	Species	Bromus pumpellianus Scribn.
	Species	Bromus racemosus L. – bald brome
	Species	Bromus ramosus Huds. – hairy brome
	Species	Bromus richardsonii Link
	Species	Bromus rubens L. – red brome, foxtail brome
	Species	Bromus scoparius L. – broom brome
	Species	Bromus secalinus L. – rye brome, chess, chess brome, ryebrome, bromegrass, cheat
	Species	Bromus segetum Kunth
	Species	Bromus setifolius J. Presl
	Species	Bromus sitchensis Trin. – Alaska brome
	Species	Bromus squarrosus L. – corn brome
	Species	Bromus sterilis L. – poverty brome, barren bromegrass, sterile brome
	Species	Bromus striatus Hitchc.
	Species	Bromus suksdorfii Vasey – Suksdorf's brome
	Species	Bromus tectorum L. – cheatgrass, cheat grass, downy brome, early chess, military grass, wild oats
	Species	Bromus texensis (Shear) Hitchc. – Texas brome
	Species	Bromus thysanoglottis Soderstr. & Beaman
	Species	Bromus tunicatus Phil.
	Species	Bromus villosissimus Hitchc.
	Species	Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear – Columbia brome

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	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Bromus

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Bromus

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Bromus

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Bromus

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Bromus

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