Brachypodium

Brachypodium retusum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Brachypodieae
Genus: Brachypodium
Species:
B. × ambrosii – B. × apollinaris – B. arbuscula – B. atlanticum – B. bolusii – B. × cugnacii – B. × diazii – B. distachyon – B. flexum – B. glaucovirens – B. humbertianum – B. hybridum – B. kawakamii – B. kotschyi – B. madagascariense – B. mexicanum – B. peregrinum – B. perrieri – B. phoenicoides – B. pinnatum – B. pringlei – B. retusum – B. stacei – B. sylvaticum

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Brachypodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 December 13. Reference page.

Name

• Brachypodium P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 100 (1812)
• Type species: Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P.Beauv., Ess. Agrostogr.: 101, 155 (1812)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Brevipodium Á. Löve & D. Löve, Bot. Not. 114: 36 (1961).
  • Trachynia Link, Hort. Berol. 1: 42 (1827).
  • Disticheia Ehrh., Beitr. Naturk. 4: 148 (1789).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: America & Old World Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, Cabinda, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Corse, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Djibouti, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Free State, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Honduras, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Lesser Sunda Is., Libya, Madagascar, Madeira, Malawi, Maluku, Manchuria, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Nepal, Netherlands, New Guinea, Nigeria, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Panamá, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Rwanda, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sierra Leone, Sinai, South European Russi, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Zambia, Zimbabwe Introduced into: Argentina Northeast, California, Chile Central, Colorado, Hawaii, Juan Fernández Is., Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Ontario, Oregon, Réunion, South Australia, St.Helena, Tasmania, Texas, Uruguay, Victoria, Virginia, Western Australia References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Palisot de Beauvois, A.M.F.J. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie; ou Nouveaux Genres des Graminées; Avec Figures Représentant les Caractéres de tous le Genres. Imprimerie de Fain. BHL Reference page. : 100, 15, pl. 19, f. 35.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Brachypodium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31. Reference page. 
• Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Brachypodium. Published online. Accessed: 2013 Oct. 31.
• Tropicos.org 2013. Brachypodium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• International Plant Names Index. 2013. Brachypodium. Published online. Accessed: 31 Oct. 2013.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brachypodium in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 23 March 2006.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachypodium. .

Vernacular names

العربية: دنبان
English: False Bromes
suomi: Vihnelusteet

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