Bromus sterilis

Barren brome
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Bromus
Species:	B. sterilis
Binomial name
	Bromus sterilis; L.
Synonyms
	Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski; Zerna sterilis (L.) Panz.; (nom. inval.); : List sources :

Bromus sterilis is a species of bromegrass known as barren brome, poverty brome, and sterile brome.

Range

This grass is native to:

northern Africa (Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia);
western and middle Asia (Afghanistan, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan); the Caucasus (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and the Russian Federation in Ciscaucasia and Dagestan);
northern, middle, eastern, and southeastern Europe (Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, including Corsica, Germany, Greece, including Crete, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, including Sardinia and Sicily, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, including the Balearic Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula, the United Kingdom, and the former Yugoslavian states).^[2]

Invasive plant species

It is well-known in many other parts of the world where it has an introduced species. It is a noxious weed on the eastern and western sides of North America, a Invasive species in California. This is an annual grass ranging from about 20 to 90 centimeters in maximum height. It has a small leaf blade and its inflorescence is spreading, with the lower parts drooping more than the upper. The spikelet is up to 3 centimeters long.

References

^ ^a ^b Species was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 77. 1753. "Plant Name Details for Bromus sterilis". IPNI. Retrieved August 9, 2010. basionym of: Zerna sterilis
^ ^a ^b ^c GRIN (May 29, 2007). "Bromus sterilis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 9, 2010. Synonyms: Anisantha sterilis
^ Anisantha sterilis was published in Trudy Sredne-Aziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Serija 8b. Botanika. Acta Universitatis Asiae Mediae. Botanica, Ser. 8b, Bot. 17:20. 1934. Tashkent. GRIN (May 29, 2007). "Anisantha sterilis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
^ Zerna sterilis was published in Denkschriften der Koniglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 4: 297. 1814. Munich. "Plant Name Details for Zerna sterilis". IPNI. Retrieved August 9, 2010. Remarks: Specific epithet not associated with genus name.

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[ipni1-1] Species was first described and published in Species Plantarum 1: 77. 1753. "Plant Name Details for Bromus sterilis". IPNI. Retrieved August 9, 2010. basionym of: Zerna sterilis

[grin1-2] GRIN (May 29, 2007). "Bromus sterilis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 9, 2010. Synonyms: Anisantha sterilis

[grin2-3] Anisantha sterilis was published in Trudy Sredne-Aziatskogo Gosudarstvennogo Universiteta. Serija 8b. Botanika. Acta Universitatis Asiae Mediae. Botanica, Ser. 8b, Bot. 17:20. 1934. Tashkent. GRIN (May 29, 2007). "Anisantha sterilis information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved August 9, 2010.

[ipni2-4] Zerna sterilis was published in Denkschriften der Koniglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu München, 4: 297. 1814. Munich. "Plant Name Details for Zerna sterilis". IPNI. Retrieved August 9, 2010. Remarks: Specific epithet not associated with genus name.

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