Taxon: Bromus diandrus Roth

• the 3 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Bromus diandrus var. diandrus (no accessions)
• Bromus diandrus var. rigidus (5 accessions)

Common names:

• broncho grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• broncho grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English   [Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  
• giant brome   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• great brome   (Source: Econ Pl Aust ) – English   [Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  
• ripgut brome   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  
• ripgut grass   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English   [Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  
• hohe Trespe   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  
• steife Trespe   (Source: Zander Ency ) – German   [Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Weed   (fide Weed CIBA)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt [n.]; Libya [n.]; Morocco; Tunisia
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Cyprus; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Middle Europe: Hungary
  Southeastern Europe: Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores
• naturalized elsewhere

References:

• Acedo, C. & F. Llamas. 1999. The genus Bromus L. (Poaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Phanerog. Monogr. 22:165–182.
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
• Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource). [= Anisantha diandra (Roth) Tutin].
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
• Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
• Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Sales, F. 1993. Taxonomy and nomenclature of Bromus sect. Genea. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:7–16.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Vibrans, H., ed. Malezas de México (on-line resource).
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bromus diandrus.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bromus diandrus.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bromus diandrus.

Synonyms:

• Anisantha diandra (Roth) Tutin ex Tzvelev [= Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  
• Anisantha rigida (Roth) Hyl. [≡ Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  
• Bromus gussonei Parl. [= Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Bromus maximus Desf. [= Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Bromus maximus var. gussonei (Parl.) Parl. [= Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Bromus rigidus Roth [≡ Bromus diandrus var. rigidus]
  (previously associated with 11 accessions)
• Bromus rigidus subsp. gussonei (Parl.) Maire [= Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  
• Bromus rigidus var. gussonei (Parl.) Coss. & Durieu [= Bromus diandrus var. diandrus]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Bromus diandrus Roth:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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