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Taxon: Bromus tectorum L.

Genus: Bromus subgenus: Stenobromus
Family: Poaceae (alt. Gramineae) subfamily: Pooideae tribe: Bromeae.
Nomen number: 7880
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:77. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 07-Apr-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 20-Nov-2007
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 38 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
CO*, CT*, WI°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • bronco grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • cheatgrass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • downy brome   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • downy chess   (Source: Grass US ) – English
  • drooping brome   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • June grass   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • brome des toits   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Dachtrespe   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • bromo-felpudo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • bromo-pendente   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • capim-cevadinha   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • bromo velloso   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • espiguilla colgante   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Macaronesia: Spain - Canary Islands
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Egypt; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Arabian Peninsula: Kuwait; Saudi Arabia
    Western Asia: Afghanistan; Cyprus; Egypt - Sinai; Iran; Iraq; Israel; Jordan; Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
    Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Western Siberia [s.w.]
    Middle Asia: Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan
    China: China [w.]
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: India [n.w.]; Pakistan
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Denmark; Norway [s.]; Sweden [s.]
    Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czechoslovakia; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Belarus; Moldova; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • naturalized in e. Australia, New Zealand, United States (including Hawaii), South Africa, & s. South America

References:

  • Acedo, C. & F. Llamas. 1999. The genus Bromus L. (Poaceae) in the Iberian Peninsula. Phanerog. Monogr. 22:196–207.
  • Boulos, L. 1995. Flora of Egypt checklist. (L Egypt)
  • CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) (Weed CIBA)
  • Conant, P. et al. 1997. Appendix. Selected plant species interfering with resource management goals in North American natural areas. In J. O. Luken & J. W. Thieret, eds., Assessment and management of plant invasions. (Pl Invasion)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Hansen, A. & P. Sunding. 1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17. (L Macar ed4)
  • Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2. (Grass US)
  • Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds. 2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres. (L Canaries)
  • Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire. 1931–1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc. (L Maroc)
  • Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions. (Grass Japan)
  • Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. 1993. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. (Econ Pl Aust)
  • Markle, G. M. et al., eds. 1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2. (Food Feed Crops US)
  • Matthei, O. 1986. El género Bromus (Poaceae) in Chile. Gayana, Bot. 43:73.
  • Meikle, R. D. 1977–1985. Flora of Cyprus. (F Cyprus)
  • Migahid, A. M. 1988–1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3. (F Saudi ed3)
  • Mouterde, P. 1966–. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie. (F Liban)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • Rechinger, K. H., ed. 1963–. Flora iranica. (F Iran)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Sales, F. 1993. Taxonomy and nomenclature of Bromus sect. Genea. Edinburgh J. Bot. 50:25–30.
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles. (F BritStace) [= Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski].
  • Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest. 1966–. Flora of Iraq. (F Iraq)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR. (Grass USSR) [= Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski].
  • USDA National Agricultural Library. National Invasive Species Information Center (Nat Invasive Sp Info)
  • Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds. (Invasive Pl Spec)
  • Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan. 1966–. Flora palaestina. (F Palest)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Bromus tectorum L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • 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
  • 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.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images 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.

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