Bromus information from NPGS/GRIN

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Genus: Bromus L.

Family: Poaceae subfamily Pooideae tribe Bromeae
Altfamily: Gramineae
Common name: brome, bromegrass, chess
Genus number: 1727
Last updated: 05-Oct-2007
Comment: conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Vienna ICBN Art. 14.9 & App. III).

List of Species Records in GRIN.

References for genus:

Barrie, F. R. 2006. Report of the General Committee: 9. Taxon 55:796.
Brummitt, R. K. 1995. Report of the Committee for Spermatophyta: 43. Taxon 44:611–612. [conservation proposal recommended].
Jarvis, C. E. 1991. Seventy-two proposals for the conservation of types of selected Linnaean generic names, the report of Subcommittee 3C on the lectotypification of Linnaean generic names. Taxon 41:552–583. [subcommittee on Linnaean generic names proposal for conservation].
Nicolson, D. H. 1999. Report of the General Committee: 8. Taxon 48:373–374. [action on Linnaean generic names deferred].

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KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
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Synonyms (=), probable synonyms (=~), and possible synonyms (~) for genus:

(= ) Aechmophora Steud., nom. inval.
(=~) Anisantha K. Koch
(= ) Avenaria Heist. ex Fabr.
(~ ) Boissiera Hochst. ex Steud.
(=~) Bromopsis (Dumort.) Fourr.
(=~) Ceratochloa P. Beauv.
(= ) Forasaccus Bubani
(= ) Genea (Dumort.) Dumort.
(= ) Libertia Lej.
(= ) Michelaria Dumort.
(=~) Nevskiella Krecz. & Vved.
(= ) Serrafalcus Parl.
(= ) Sibertia Steud., orth. var.
(= ) Stenofestuca (Honda) Nakai
(= ) Triniusa Steud.
(= ) Trisetobromus Nevski

Check other nomenclature databases for Bromus:

ING: Index Nominum Genericorum
NCU-3e: Names in Current Use for Extant Plant Genera

Subdivisions of genus Bromus:

Subgenus	Section	Subsection	Series	Subseries
Bromus
Ceratochloa
Festucoides
Neobromus
Nevskiella
Stenobromus

Images:

Florets (Bromus anomalus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus arenarius): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus arvensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus berteroanus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus carinatus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus catharticus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus catharticus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus catharticus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus catharticus var. catharticus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus catharticus var. elatus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus catharticus var. rupestris): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus ciliatus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus commutatus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus diandrus var. rigidus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus erectus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus hordeaceus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus hordeaceus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus inermis subsp. inermis): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus marginatus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus racemosus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus ramosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus scoparius): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus secalinus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus secalinus): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus sitchensis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus squarrosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus sterilis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus tectorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets (Bromus tectorum): Seed ID Workshop image, from Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, Ohio State University
Florets (Bromus tectorum subsp. tectorum): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Florets with caryopses (Bromus briziformis): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Forestry Images (Bromus ciliatus): from www.forestryimages.org
Forestry Images (Bromus inermis): from www.forestryimages.org
Forestry Images (Bromus tectorum): from www.forestryimages.org
Spikelets (Bromus ramosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Spikelets (Bromus scoparius): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
Spikelets (Bromus squarrosus): U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?1727 (09 February 2010)

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