Bromus sect. Neobromus

(Shear) Hitchc.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 24. Treatment on page 222.

Plants annual. Spikelets elliptic to lanceolate, more or less terete, with 3-9 florets. Lower glumes 1 (3) -veined; upper glumes 3 (5) -veined; lemmas lanceolate to linear-lanceolate, rounded over the midvein, apices acuminate, bifid, teeth aristate or acuminate; awns geniculate, divaricate, arising 1.5 mm or more below the lemma apices.

Discussion

Bromus sect. Neobromus has two species, both of which are native to South America. Bromus berteroanus has become established in the Flora region.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

"decumbent" is not a number.

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membranous +  and scarious +
acuminate +
Leon E. Pavlickf +
(Shear) Hitchc. +
divaricate +
1 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
straight +
distinct +
subterminal +  and terminal +
geniculate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (?) +
keeled +  and rounded +
pseudopetiolate +  and branching +
intravaginal +, extravaginal +, branching +  and basal +
swelling +
not evident +
cross +, linear +  and narrowly lanceolate +
drooping;reflexed;usually ascending;spreading +
spikelike +
not branching +
ascending +  and erect +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (190 cm1,900 mm <br />1.9 m <br />) +
not woody +
Conn. +, Mass. +, N.H. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, Calif. +, Del. +, N.C. +, Va. +, W.Va. +, Vt. +, D.C +, Wis. +, Colo. +, Kans. +, Nebr. +, Okla. +, Idaho +, Mont. +, Oreg. +, Wash. +, Wyo. +, Pacific Islands (Hawaii) +, N.Mex. +, Utah +, Maine +, R.I. +, Fla. +, Ala. +, Ark. +, Ariz. +, Ga. +, Iowa +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Md. +, Mich. +, Minn. +, Mo. +, Miss. +, N.Dak. +, Nev. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.Dak. +, Tenn. +, Tex. +, Alaska +, S.C. +, Alta. +, B.C. +, Greenland +, Man. +, N.B. +, Nfld. and Labr. +, N.S. +, N.W.T. +, Nunavut +, Ont. +, P.E.I. +, Que. +, Sask. +  and Yukon +
liquid +, soft +  and hard +
capillary +
pistillate +  and staminate +
sometimes longer +
3 +  and 9 +
terete +  and laterally compressed +
1-9(11)-veined +
always shorter +  and usually shorter +
lanceolate +
subtending +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
mucronate +  and acute +
unequal +
uncinate +
solid +  and hollow +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
rounded +, lanceolate +  and linear-lanceolate +
herbaceous +  and coriaceous +
lacerate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
membranous +
inconspicuous +
lanceolate +
fleshy +  and membranous +
concealed +  and prominent +
2 +  and 1 +
hairy +  and glabrous +
well-developed +
reduced +
dry +  and fleshy +
1 +  and 60 +
not viviparous +
terete +, elliptic +  and lanceolate +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
1 +  and 3 +
simple +  and compound +
2 (?) +  and 3 (?) +
Gramineae +
Bromus sect. Neobromus +
section +
membranous +
acuminate +  and aristate +
aquatic +  and terrestrial +