Bromus grossus, the whiskered brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[1][2] It is native to central Europe, and has been introduced to Great Britain, and New York and Oregon in the United States. It has gone extinct in the Netherlands.[1] During the Neolithic it arose as a weed of spelt fields, and due to changing agricultural practices is now considered highly endangered under the Habitats Directive.[3]

Bromus grossus
Inflorescence
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. grossus
Binomial name
Bromus grossus
Synonyms[1]
  • Bromus nitidus Dumort.
  • Bromus velutinus Schrad.
  • Serrafalcus grossus (Desf. ex DC.) Rouy

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 September 2021.
  2. ^ Piqueray, Julien; Gilliaux, Valentin; Gaillard, T.; Mahy, Grégory; Delescaille, L. -M (2018). "Uncleaned crop seed sowing as a tool to conserve Bromus grossus and restore species-rich arable-dependent plant communities". Conservation Evidence. 15. hdl:2268/256318.
  3. ^ Koch, Marcus A.; Meyer, Nathanael; Engelhardt, Martin; Thiv, Mike; Bernhardt, Karl-Georg; Michling, Florian (2016). "Morphological and genetic variation of highly endangered Bromus species and the status of these Neolithic weeds in Central Europe". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (5): 515–525. Bibcode:2016PSyEv.302..515K. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1279-5. S2CID 16740674.
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