Bromus maritimus

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Bromus maritimus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Bromus
Species:
B. maritimus
Binomial name
Bromus maritimus
Synonyms [2] [3]
  • Bromus marginatus subsp. maritimusPiper(basionym)
  • Bromus carinitus var. maritimus(Piper) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Ceratochloa maritima(Piper) Holub

Bromus maritimus is a species of brome grass known by the common names maritime brome [3] and seaside brome. It is native to the coastal areas of California and Oregon. [3]

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References

  1.  Hitchcock's treatment of Piper's Bromus marginatus subsp. maritimus, which he designated to the rank of species as Bromus maritimus, was published in A Flora of California 1: 77. 1912. "Plant Name Details for Bromus maritimus". IPNI . Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  2. The basionym Bromus marginatus subsp. maritimus was originally described and published in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18(24): 148. 1905; B. carinatus var. maritimus was published in Plants of the Pacific Northwest 1: 504. 1969; Ceratochloa maritima was published in Folio Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 8(2): 170. 1973. "Name - Bromus maritimus (Piper) Hitchc". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden . Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "Bromus maritimus". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved August 9, 2010.