- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Bromus L.
Bromus fasciculatus C.Presl

[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual; culms solitary, or caespitose. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 4-25 cm long. Leaf-sheaths pubescent. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 2-10(-20) cm long; 2-3 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted; obovate; 2-6 cm long; 0.7-2 cm wide. Primary panicle branches bearing 1(-2) fertile spikelets on each lower branch. Panicle branches pubescent. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile, or pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 10-20 mm long; 5-12 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 10-20 mm long; 5-12 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume linear; 6-8 mm long; 0.75 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 8-12 mm long; 0.75-0.9 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile florets divergent. Fertile lemma lanceolate; 11-15 mm long; 1-1.5 mm wide; chartaceous; without keel; (3-)5 -veined. Lemma margins involute. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; with lobes 0.5-1.5 mm long; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn subapical; curved; 10-18 mm long overall. Palea keels ciliolate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 0.4-0.5 mm long. Ovary with a fleshy appendage above style insertion; pubescent on apex.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; linear; 7.5-13 mm long; hairy at apex; apex fleshy. Hilum linear.
- Distribution
- Europe: southwestern and southeastern. Africa: north. Asia-temperate: western Asia, Arabia, and China.
- Reference
- Bromeae. Acedo 1996.
[UPFC]
- Distribution
- Biogeografic region: Andean. Colombian departments: Bogotá DC.
- Conservation
- IUCN Red List Assessment (2021): LC.
Doubtfully present in:
Xinjiang
Native to:
Afghanistan, Algeria, Baleares, Chad, Corse, Cyprus, East Aegean Is., Egypt, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Kriti, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Sudan, Tunisia, Turkey
- Anisantha fasciculata (C.Presl) Nevski
- Anisantha fasciculata subsp. delilei (Boiss.) H.Scholz & Valdés
- Anisantha flabellata (Hack. ex Boiss.) Holub
- Anisantha madritensis subsp. delilei (Boiss.) Bracchi, Banfi & Galasso
- Bromus fascicularis Ten.
- Bromus fasciculatus subsp. delilei (Boiss.) H.Scholz
- Bromus fasciculatus var. fallax Maire
- Bromus flabellatus Hack. ex Boiss.
- Bromus flavescens Tausch
- Bromus madritensis subsp. delilei (Boiss.) Maire & Weiller
- Bromus madritensis var. delilei Boiss.
- Bromus rubens Delile
- Bromus rubens subsp. fasciculatus (C.Presl) Trab.
- Bromus tenuiflorus Viv.
- Genea fasciculata (C.Presl) Dumort.
- Triniusa flavescens (Tausch) Steud.
Bromus fasciculatus C.Presl appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1991 | Collenette, I.S. [4192], Saudi Arabia | K000386965 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Samuelsson, G. [3514], Syria | K000386953 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Gillett [7208], Iraq | K000386959 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Guest, E.R. [18848], Iraq | K000386960 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Almokhlar, J. [33309], Iraq | K000386958 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Khayat, A.L. [51745], Iraq | K000386961 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Collenette, I.S. [5225], Saudi Arabia | K000386967 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Collenette, I.S. [5303], Saudi Arabia | K000386968 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Townsend, C.C. [318], Jordan | K000386957 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Fitzgerald, D.V. [17060], Saudi Arabia | K000386966 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Munton [16], Oman | K000386969 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Guest, E.R. [1827], Iraq | K000386962 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Chapman, E. [183], Cyprus | K000386951 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Collenette, I.S. [4396], Saudi Arabia | K000386964 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Chapman, E. [358], Cyprus | K000386950 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Tengwall, T.A. [436], Turkey | K000386948 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Chapman, E. [187], Cyprus | K000386952 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1990 | Merton, F. [962], Cyprus | K000386949 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1935 | Sickenberger, E. [s.n.], Egypt | K000913683 | Unknown type material | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1935 | s.coll. [163], Lebanon | K000386954 | No | ||
McLeish, I. [3769], Oman | K000386970 | No | |||
Meyers, F.S. [1306], Jordan | K000386956 | No | |||
Hepper, F.N. [10027], Jordan | K000386955 | No | |||
Rechinger, K.H. [8580], Iraq | K000386963 | No |
First published in Gram. Sicul.: 23 (1818)
Accepted by
- Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Brundu, G. & Camarda, I. (2013). The Flora of Chad: a checklist and brief analysis. PhytoKeys 23: 1-18.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Hassler, M. (2012). Flora of Rhodes. Systematic list of flora of Rhodes http://www.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de/~db111/flora/rhodos/list.php.
- Meikle, R.D. (1985). Flora of Cyprus 2: 833-1970. The Bentham-Moxon Trust Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia
- Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
- IUCN (2021). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2021-2. https://www.iucnredlist.org.
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