- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Bromus L.
Bromus ciliatus L.
[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Culms 60-100 cm long. Culm-nodes pubescent. Leaf-sheaths without keel; pubescent; with reflexed hairs. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 5-10 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface smooth, or scaberulous; glabrous, or pilose; sparsely hairy.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; ovate; 10-20 cm long. Primary panicle branches drooping; 5-10 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels 10-20 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 6-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 25-30 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 6-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 25-30 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume linear, or lanceolate; 0.75-0.8 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acuminate. Upper glume lanceolate; 0.5 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acuminate; awned.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; 10-11 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 7 -veined. Lemma margins pubescent; hairy below. Lemma apex awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn subapical; 3-3.5 mm long overall. Palea keels scaberulous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3. Ovary with a fleshy appendage above style insertion; pubescent on apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; hairy at apex; apex fleshy. Hilum linear.
- Distribution
- Asia-temperate: Soviet far east, China, and eastern Asia. North America: Subarctic, western Canada, eastern Canada, northwest USA, north-central USA, northeast USA, southwest USA, south-central USA, southeast USA, and Mexico.
- Reference
- Bromeae. Gr Baja Cal 1994.
Native to:
Alabama, Alaska, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Arizona, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kuril Is., Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mongolia, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Yukon
- Bromopsis canadensis (Michx.) Holub
- Bromopsis ciliata (L.) Holub
- Bromus canadensis Michx.
- Bromus canadensis subsp. yezoensis (Ohwi) Vorosch.
- Bromus capillaris Vahl ex Hornem.
- Bromus ciliaris Panz.
- Bromus ciliatus var. denudatus (Wiegand) Fernald
- Bromus ciliatus f. denudatus Wiegand
- Bromus ciliatus subvar. denudatus (Wiegand) Farw.
- Bromus ciliatus var. intonsus Fernald
- Bromus densiciliatus Steud.
- Bromus dudleyi Fernald
- Bromus hookeri E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri subvar. brevicaulis E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri var. canadensis (Michx.) E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri var. ciliatus (L.) E.Fourn.
- Bromus hookeri var. longicaulis E.Fourn.
- Bromus inermis var. ciliatus (L.) Trautv.
- Bromus pendulinus Schrad.
- Bromus pubescens f. glabriflorus (Wiegand) Voss
- Bromus purgans var. ciliatus (L.) Kuntze
- Bromus purgans var. pallidus Hook.
- Bromus richardsonii var. pallidus (Hook.) Shear
- Bromus richardsonii subsp. pallidus (Hook.) Piper & Beattie
- Bromus segetum Schltdl. & Cham.
- Bromus yezoensis Ohwi
- Forasaccus ciliatus (L.) Lunell
- Zerna canadensis (Michx.) Tzvelev
- Zerna ciliata (L.) Henrard
- Zerna yezoensis (Ohwi) Sugim.
Bromus ciliatus L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 1950 | Drummond [210], Saskatchewan | K000913842 | ||
| Jan 1, 1950 | Drummond [68] | K000913843 | ||
| Hinton, G.B. [2459], México State | K000465737 | |||
| Drummond [69] | K000913844 | |||
| Hinton, G.B. [8395], México State | K000465738 | |||
| Karo, F.K. [156], Chita | Bromus inermis var. ciliatus | K000913754 | ||
| Karo, F.K. [156], Chita | Bromus inermis var. ciliatus | K000913755 | ||
| Ohwi, J. [1080] | Bromus yezoensis | K000913743 | Unknown type material | |
| Ohwi, J. [1080] | Bromus yezoensis | K000913742 | Unknown type material |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 76 (1753)
Accepted by
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and ajacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
- Saarela, J.M., Peterson, P.M. & Váldes-Reyna, J. (2014). A taxonomic revision of Bromus (Poaceae: Pooideae: Bromeae) in México and Central America Phytotaxa 185(1): 1-147.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
- Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
- Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dalnego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
- Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
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