familyPoaceae
subfamilyPoaceae subfam. Pooideae
tribePoaceae tribe Brachypodieae
genusBrachypodium
speciesBrachypodium rupestre

Brachypodium rupestre

(Host) Roem. & Schult.
Michael B. Piep
Common names: Tufted falsebrome
Synonyms: Brachypodium cespitosum
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 192.
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Illustrator: Cindy Roché, Annaliese Miller

Copyright: Utah State University

Plants perennial; cespitose, shortly rhizomatous. Culms 30-95 (125) cm tall, 0.5-0.8 mm thick, narrowed below the racemes; nodes pubescent. Sheaths glabrous or hairy; ligules 0.4-2.4 mm, truncate; blades (9) 15-40 (52) cm long, 2.5-6.5 (9) mm wide, stiff, involute or flat, light green, abaxial surfaces smooth or almost so, glabrous, conspicuously shiny, adaxial surfaces somewhat scabridulous, primary-veins conspicuous, separated by finer secondary-veins. Racemes (4) 10-30 (40) cm, with 5-9 (12) spikelets. Spikelets (14) 20-33 (46) mm, terete or subterete, usually glabrous, with (7) 10-17 (24) florets; pedicels 0.6-2 (3) mm. Glumes unequal, less than 1/3 the length of the spikelets, lanceolate, mucronate; lower glumes 4-8.5 mm, 3-6-veined; upper glumes 5.5-10.5 mm, 6-7-veined; lemmas 7-10.5 (12) mm, lanceolate, 5-7-veined, awned, awns (2) 3-10 mm; lodicules lanceolate, apices hairy, hairs stiff; anthers about 6 mm. Caryopses 5-7 mm. 2n = 14, 18, 28, 36.

Distribution

Calif.

Discussion

Brachypodium rupestre is native to Europe and northern Turkey; it is not known to be established in the Flora region. Specimens of this species were grown by the Natural Resources Conservation Service in Pima County, Arizona and Bernalillo County, New Mexico; they were distributed either as Brachypodium sp. or as B. cespitosum (Host) Roem. & Schult. The description is based on Schippmann (1991).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"decumbent" is not a number."overlapping" is not a number.

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2n chromosome quantity
36 +, 28 +, 18 +  and 14 +
Abaxial ligule presence
absent +
Abaxial ligule quantity
common +
Abaxial surface architecture or pubescence or relief
almost +  and smooth +
Abaxial surface pubescence
glabrous +
Adaxial cell presence
absent +
Adaxial cell shape
bulliform +
Adaxial ligule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Adaxial ligule presence
absent +
Adaxial ligule texture
membranous +  and scarious +
Adaxial surface relief
scabridulous +
Anther quantity
3 +
Anther some measurement
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (?) +
Apex architecture
(5)7-9-veined +
Apex architecture or shape
awned +
Apex life cycle
maturity +
Apex pubescence
hairy +
Apex shape
acute +, obtuse +, rounded +  and acuminate +
Arm cell presence
absent +
Auricle presence
absent +
Author
Michael B. Piep +
Authority
(Host) Roem. & Schult. +
Awn atypical quantity
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Awn atypical some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
Awn orientation
arising +
Awn position
basal +  and apical +
Awn quantity
single +
Awn some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Back shape
acute +, obtuse +  and rounded +
Basal floret quantity
1 +  and 2 +
Base architecture
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
Base arrangement
close +
Base fusion
free +
Base position
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
Base size
swelling +
Base texture
hard +
Base width
thick +
Blade arrangement
parallel +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade coloration
light green +
Blade fragility
stiff +
Blade length
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (40 cm400 mm <br />0.4 m <br />) +
Blade prominence
not evident +
Blade shape
flat +  and involute +
Blade width
0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br /> (0.65 cm6.5 mm <br />0.0065 m <br />) +
Branch shape
spikelike +
Callus development
developed +
Callus pubescence
glabrous +
Common name
Tufted falsebrome +
Culm architecture
branched +  and rooting +
Culm architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Culm duration
annual +
Culm growth form
climbing +
Culm growth form or location
floating +
Culm height
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (95 cm950 mm <br />0.95 m <br />) +
Culm orientation
decumbent +  and erect +
Culm shape
narrowed +
Culm some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br />) +
Culm texture
not woody +
Culm thickness
0.05 cm0.5 mm <br />5.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Distal floret reproduction
sterile +
Distal floret size
reduced +
Distribution
Calif. +
Embryo quantity
1/6 +
Endosperm texture
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
Filament shape
capillary +
Floret architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Floret atypical quantity
24 +  and 7 +
Floret length or size
sometimes longer +
Floret quantity
10 +  and 17 +
Floret reproduction
sexual +
Floret shape
subterete +  and slightly laterally compressed +
Glume architecture or shape
awned +
Glume length
lanceolate +
Glume position
subtending +
Glume presence
absent +
Glume quantity
0 +  and 1/3 +
Glume shape
mucronate +
Glume size
unequal +
Glume texture
membranous +
Hair fragility
stiff +
Hair shape
uncinate +
Hilum arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Hilum coloration or relief
punctate +
Hilum shape
Ovate (?) +
Illustration
Present +
Illustration copyright
Utah State University +
Illustrator
Cindy Roché +  and Annaliese Miller +
Inflorescence architecture
compound +
Inflorescence position or structure subtype
terminal +
Internode architecture
hollow +
Internode presence
absent +
Keel architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Layer presence
absent +
Leaf arrangement
distichous +
Leaf arrangement or density
concentrated +
Leaf margin arrangement
Overlapping (?) +
Lemma architecture
5-7-veined +
Lemma architecture or shape
awned +
Lemma arrangement
adjacent +
Lemma atypical some measurement
12 +
Lemma length or size
longer +
Lemma shape
lanceolate +
Lemma some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
Lemma texture
coriaceous +  and membranous +
Lemma variability
equaling +
Ligule architecture or shape
truncate +
Ligule presence
absent +
Ligule shape
ciliate +, toothed +  and entire +
Ligule some measurement
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.24 cm2.4 mm <br />0.0024 m <br />) +
Ligule texture
membranous +
Lodicule architecture
not veined +
Lodicule architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Lodicule architecture or shape
truncate +
Lodicule prominence
inconspicuous +
Lodicule quantity
2 +
Lodicule shape
lanceolate +
Lodicule texture
fleshy +  and membranous +
Lower glume architecture
3-6-veined +
Lower glume some measurement
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.85 cm8.5 mm <br />0.0085 m <br />) +
Margin architecture or pubescence or shape
ciliate +
Margin arrangement
overlapping +
Midrib architecture
simple +
Node prominence
concealed +  and prominent +
Node pubescence
pubescent +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Other quantity
2 +  and 1 +
Ovary presence
absent +
Ovary pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
Palea development
well-developed +
Palea height or length or size
shorter than to slightly longer than the lemmas +
Palea presence
absent +
Palea shape
keeled +
Palea size
reduced +
Papilla presence
absent +
Pedicel atypical some measurement
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
Pedicel some measurement
0.06 cm0.6 mm <br />6.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Pericarp arrangement
separating +
Pericarp condition or texture
dry +
Pericarp texture
dry +  and fleshy +
Pseudopetiole presence
absent +
Raceme shape
spikelike +
Raceme some measurement
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
Rachilla length
prolonged +
Rachis prominence
evident +
Reference
None +
Sheath architecture
open +
Sheath condition
closed +
Sheath length
full +
Sheath pubescence
hairy +  and glabrous +
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Spike architecture
ebracteate +
Spikelet architecture
subsessile +
Spikelet architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Spikelet arrangement
mixed +
Spikelet atypical quantity
12 (?) +
Spikelet atypical some measurement
14 +
Spikelet fixation
attached +
Spikelet orientation
Appressed (Strongly ascending) +
Spikelet pubescence
glabrous +
Spikelet quantity
5 +  and 9 +
Spikelet reproduction
unisexual +  and bisexual +
Spikelet shape
subterete +  and terete +
Spikelet some measurement
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (3.3 cm33 mm <br />0.033 m <br />) +
Stamen quantity
1 +  and 3 +
Starch-grain architecture
simple +  and compound +
Style-branch atypical quantity
4 +  and 1 +
Style-branch quantity
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Style coloration
white +
Style fusion
free +
Style quantity
2 +
Subsidiary-cell architecture
parallel-sided +
Synonyms
Brachypodium cespitosum +
Taxon family
Poaceae +
Taxon name
Brachypodium rupestre +
Taxon parent
Brachypodium +
Taxon rank
species +
Terminal floret reproduction
sexual +
Tissue coloration
hyaline +
Tissue texture
membranous +
Upper glume architecture
6-7-veined +
Upper glume some measurement
0.55 cm5.5 mm <br />0.0055 m <br /> (1.05 cm10.5 mm <br />0.0105 m <br />) +
Vein arrangement
converging +
Vein presence
absent +
Vein prominence
inconspicuous +
Vein quantity
2 (?) +
Vein size
major +
Volume
Volume 24 +
Whole-organism growth form
cespitose +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism arrangement or pubescence
tufted +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
plant +  and cespitose +
Whole organism growth form or habitat
aquatic +  and terrestrial +
X chromosome quantity
9 +, 7 +  and 5 +