Taxon: Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray

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

Common names:

• brome fescue   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• silver grass   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• six-weeks fescue   (Source: Aust Pl Common Names ) – English
  
• squirreltail fescue   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• cevadinha-braba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• festuca-cevadinha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• ekorrsvingel   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Weed: potential seed contaminant   (fide Weed CIBA; Invasive Pl Spec)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Macaronesia: Portugal - Azores, Madeira Islands; Spain - Canary Islands
  Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Eritrea; Ethiopia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon [found only on Mt. Cameroon]
• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
  Caucasus: Azerbaijan; Georgia
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Ireland; Sweden; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Russian Federation - European part
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

• AFRICA
  Southern Africa: Lesotho; South Africa
  Western Indian Ocean: Mauritius
• AUSTRALASIA
  Australia: Australia
  New Zealand: New Zealand
• NORTHERN AMERICA
  Canada
  Mexico
  United States
• PACIFIC
  North-Central Pacific: United States - Hawaii
• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Caribbean: West Indies
  Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Colombia; Peru
  Southern South America: Argentina; Chile; Uruguay

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Ali, S. I. & S. M. H. Jafri, eds. 1976–. Flora of Libya.
• Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand.
• Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist.
• Burkill, H. M. 1994. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 2:378.
• CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
• Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora.
• Cufodontis, G. 1953–1972. Enumeratio plantarum aethiopiae: Spermatophyta.
• Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
• Froman, B. & S. Persson. 1974. An illustrated guide to the grasses of Ethiopia.
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989–. Flora of Ethiopia. (and Eritrea. 2000)
• Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
• 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.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia.
• Mouterde, P. 1966–. = V. dertonensis. In: Mouterde, P., Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
• Silva, L. et al. 2005. Listagem da fauna e flora terrestres dos Açores. Lista des plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta).
• Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:690.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea.
• Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR.
• Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds.
• Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. = V. muralis. In: Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan, Flora palaestina.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Vulpia bromoides.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Vulpia bromoides.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Vulpia bromoides.

Synonyms:

• (=) Bromus dertonensis All.
  
• (≡) Festuca bromoides L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Festuca dertonensis (All.) Asch. & Graebn.
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Vulpia dertonensis (All.) Gola
  

Check other web resources for Vulpia bromoides (L.) Gray:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium
• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• CNWG: Catalogue of New World Grasses Searchable Database
• Grass Manual on the Web: Manual of Grasses for North America North of Mexico
• World Grass Species-Descriptions: Morphological species description from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AusGrass2: Australian grass data from Bryan K. Simon’s on-line database
• 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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