Poaceae
Bromus

Bromus aegyptiacus Tausch

First published in Flora 20: 124 (1837)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is N. Egypt. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

Morphology General Habit
Annual. Culms 25-50 cm long. Culm-internodes smooth, or scaberulous. Leaf-sheaths pilose. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 3-8 cm long; 1-3 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted; oblong; 3-6 cm long. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets comprising 6-20 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 14-20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Fertile
Spikelets comprising 6-20 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 14-20 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 3-4 mm long; 0.66 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume ovate; 5-6 mm long; 0.8-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 5 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma ovate; 5-7 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 7-9 -veined. Lemma surface glabrous to pubescent. Lemma apex acute; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn subapical; straight; 4-11 mm long overall. 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
Africa: north. Asia-temperate: western Asia.
Reference
Bromeae. Fl Egypt 1997.
[GB]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0