Biology:Bromus scoparius

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Bromus

Bromus scoparius
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Seedheads
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Habit
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
B. scoparius
Binomial name
Bromus scoparius
Synonyms[1]

Bromus scoparius, the broom brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[2] It is native to the Mediterranean, Crimea, the Middle East, the Caucasus region, Central Asia, Xinjiang in China, and on to the northwest Indian Subcontinent, and has been introduced to Chile, California, a few locales in the eastern US, and southeast China.[1] A somewhat weedy annual, it prefers to grow in grasslands.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bromus scoparius L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:394091-1. 
  2. Quattrocchi, Umberto (2006). CRC World Dictionary of Grasses. Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. p. 389. ISBN 9781420003222. 
  3. Guarino, Riccardo; Ferrario, Benedetta; Mossa, Luigi (2005). "A stochastic model of seed dispersal pattern to assess seed predation by ants in annual dry grasslands". Plant Ecology 178 (2): 225–235. doi:10.1007/s11258-004-3655-4. Bibcode2005PlEco.178..225G. 

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