Bromus lanceolatus, the Mediterranean brome, large-headed brome or lanceolate brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to the Mediterranean, the Middle East, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Xinjiang in China, Afghanistan and Pakistan.[1][2] A tetraploid, it does well in disturbed habitats and has been introduced to scattered locations in North America, South America, and central Europe.[1][3]

Bromus lanceolatus
Foliage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
B. lanceolatus
Binomial name
Bromus lanceolatus
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Bromus argypheus Paine
    • Bromus canariensis Zuccagni
    • Bromus depauperatus H.Scholz
    • Bromus discretus F.M.Vázquez & H.Scholz
    • Bromus divaricatus Rhode ex Loisel.
    • Bromus lanceolatus var. dasystachys Maire
    • Bromus lanceolatus var. lanatus Kerguélen
    • Bromus lanceolatus var. leiostachys Maire
    • Bromus lanuginosus Poir.
    • Bromus macrostachys Desf.
    • Bromus macrostachyus Guss.
    • Bromus modensis Steud.
    • Bromus poiretii Tzvelev & Prob.
    • Bromus tomentosus Rohde
    • Bromus turgidus Pers.
    • Forasaccus lanceolatus (Roth) Bubani
    • Serrafalcus lanceolatus (Roth) Parl.
    • Serrafalcus macrostachys (Desf.) Parl.
    • Zerna macrostachys (Desf.) Panz.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Bromus lanceolatus Roth". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bromus lanceolatus (BROLA)". EPPO Global Database. European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021.
  3. ^ Ainouche, Malika L.; Bayer, Randall J. (1997). "On the origins of the tetraploid Bromus species (Section Bromus, Poaceae): Insights from internal transcribed spacer sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA". Genome. 40 (5): 730–743. doi:10.1139/g97-796. PMID 9352648.