| Bromus berteroanus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Bromus |
| Species: | B. berteroanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bromus berteroanus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Bromus berteroanus, commonly known as Chilean chess, is a species of annual grass in the family Poaceae native to drier areas of North and South America. [1]
Bromus berteroanus has culms 10 to 80 cm (3.9 to 31.5 in) long, with lightly hairy leaf sheaths and hairless ligules. Its leaf blades are 5 to 20 cm (2.0 to 7.9 in) long. Its inflorescence is a dense panicle of 5 to 15 cm (2.0 to 5.9 in), with branches which are lightly rough to the touch. Its spikelets are solitary, and fertile spikelets have pedicels which are also lightly rough to the touch. Each lanceolate spikelet has three to five florets, and the spikelets break up at maturity and disarticulate below these florets. Its glumes are shorter than the spikelets and thinner than fertile lemmas. Both upper and lower glumes are lanceolate. Fertile lemmas are 10 to 12 mm (3⁄8 to 1⁄2 in) long with seven veins. [2]
Bromus berteroanus is named after its occurrence in Chile, though it is native across western South America; it is native to Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina, and it has been introduced to the western United States from Oregon through California down to Baja California and east to Utah and Nevada. It prefers dry areas in subtropical environments. [3]
Bromus hordeaceus, the soft brome, is an annual or biennial species of grass in the grass family (Poaceae). It is also known in North America as bull grass, soft cheat, and soft chess.
Bromus madritensis is a species of brome grass known by the common name compact brome. The specific epithet madritensis refers to Madrid, Spain. It has a diploid number of 28.
Bromus alopecuros is a species of brome grass known by the common name weedy brome.
Bromus arenarius is a species of brome grass known by the common name Australian brome.
Bromus arizonicus is a species of annual brome grass known by the common name Arizona brome.
Melica ciliata, the hairy melic or silky spike melic, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, north Africa and temperate Asia. It has been introduced to South Australia.
Bromus anomalus, commonly known as nodding brome or the Mexican brome, is a species of perennial grass in the family Poaceae. It can be found in US states such as New Mexico and Texas and also in Canadian provinces such as Alberta, British Columbia, and Saskatchewan.
Oplismenus compositus, the running mountaingrass, is a species of perennial plant from the family Poaceae that can be found throughout Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, Mexico and Hawaii.
Melica longiflora is a grass species in the family Poaceae that is endemic to Chile where it can be found from Coquimbo to Talca.
Melica mutica, the twoflower melicgrass, is a grass species in the family Poaceae that can be found in southeastern United States.
Melica eligulata is a species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey.
Melica paulsenii is a species of grass endemic to Chile where it grows along the coastal cordillera at 50–700 metres (160–2,300 ft) above sea level.
Agrostis thurberiana is a species of grass that is native to northwest and southwest United States and Canada.
Festuca beckeri is a species of grass which can be found in Central and Western Asia, and also in Europe.
Festuca psammophila is a species of grass which is endemic to Central Europe.
Festuca porcii is a species of grass which can be found in Central, Eastern, and southeastern parts of Europe.
Festuca polycolea is a species of grass which is endemic to India.
Festuca pilgeri is a species of grass which is endemic to East Africa.
Bromus squarrosus, the rough brome, is a brome grass native to Russia and Europe. The specific epithet squarrosus is Latin, meaning "with spreading tips". The grass has a diploid number of 14.
Bromus racemosus, the smooth brome or bald brome, is a species of flowering plant in the family Poaceae. It is native to subarctic and temperate Eurasia, and widely introduced elsewhere, including North America, Iceland, the Southern Cone of South America, the Korean Peninsula, Australia, and New Zealand. It grows in alkaline meadows and in waste places.