Biology:Bromus ramosus

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Short description: Species of grass

Bromus ramosus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
B. ramosus
Binomial name
Bromus ramosus
Huds.
Synonyms

Bromopsis ramosa (Huds.) Holub

Bromus ramosus, the hairy brome, is a bunchgrass in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia.[1] The name Bromus comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (Bromus sp.), it grows in shady sites under trees.

Description

Bromus ramosus is a perennial herbaceous bunchgrass, typically reaching 1–2 metres (3–7 ft) tall. The leaves are long, usually drooping, 20–50 cm (8–20 in) long and 10–15 mm (0.4–0.6 in) wide, and finely hairy.[2]

The flower spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.

Subspecies

  • Bromus ramosus subsp. benekenii (Lange) Schintz et Thell. – lesser hairy brome
  • Bromus ramosus subsp. ramosus

References

  1. Mary E. Barkworth, Laurel K. Anderton, Kathleen M. Capels, Sandy Long, Michael B. Piep (2008) Manual of Grasses for North America
  2. Umberto Quattrocchi (2006) CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology Volume I

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q159955 entry