Family:
Poaceae Barnhart
Genus:
Bromus L.

Bromus macrocladus Boiss.

This species is accepted, and its native range is Turkey (Izmir) to NW. Iran.

[GB]
Morphology General Habit
Annual. Culms 50-100 cm long. Leaf-sheaths pilose. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades 10-30 cm long; 3-7 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface pilose.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; oblong, or pyramidal; effuse; 15-30 cm long; 12-25 cm wide. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
Spikelets with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 18-36 mm long; 5-9 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Fertile
Spikelets with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 18-36 mm long; 5-9 mm wide; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume lanceolate; 4.5-6 mm long; 0.66-0.75 length of upper glume; membranous; without keels; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate; 6.5-8.5 mm long; 0.66-0.75 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; without keels; 5-7 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
Fertile lemma elliptic; widest at 0.5 of its length from base; 9-13 mm long; chartaceous; without keel; 7-9 -veined. Lemma apex dentate; 2 -fid; awned; 1 -awned. Principal lemma awn dorsal; arising 0.75 way up back of lemma; curved; spreading; (2-)8-13 mm long overall. Palea keels ciliolate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 3-4 mm long. 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: western Asia.
Reference
Bromeae. Fl Turk 1993.

Native to:

Iran, Turkey

Bromus macrocladus Boiss. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 64 (1854)

Accepted by

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Naderi, R. & Radiminejad, M.R. (2012). Some comments on the species of Bromus sect. Bromus (Poaceae) in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 18: 226-230.

Literature

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Naderi, R. & Radiminejad, M.R. (2012). Some comments on the species of Bromus sect. Bromus (Poaceae) in Iran. Iranian Journal of Botany 18: 226-230.

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2022. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
    © Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0