Bromus lepidus, the slender soft brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae.[2] It has a disjunct distribution, native to central and northern Europe, and Xinjiang in China, and introduced to an assortment of other locales, including some northeast states of the United States, the Canary Islands, and Egypt.[1] The taxonomic history of this species has been marked by nomenclatural issues.[3]

Bromus lepidus
Herbarium specimen
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. lepidus
Binomial name
Bromus lepidus
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Bromus bidentatus Holmstr. & H.Scholz
    • Bromus britannicus I.A.Williams
    • Bromus gracilis Krösche
    • Bromus hordeaceus subsp. lepidus (Holmb.) A.Pedersen
    • Bromus incisus R.Otto & H.Scholz
    • Bromus oostachys Bornm.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Bromus lepidus Holmb". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Bromus lepidus slender soft brome". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  3. ^ Llamas, Félix; Acedo, Carmen (2019). "Typification of eight current and seven related names and a new section in the genus Bromus (Bromeae, Pooideae, Poaceae)". PhytoKeys (121): 53–72. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.121.30254. PMC 6509104. PMID 31118872.