Details Top

Internal ID UUID64402f133e07b457273888
Scientific name Bromus sterilis
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 77 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

Write a new one!
No ethnobotanical data added yet. Help us by writing one.

General Uses Top

Suggest a correction!

Scientific and community resources:
Bromus sterilis is used as a model organism in basic research on grass genetics and developmental biology due to its short lifecycle, high seed output, and natural inbreeding system, allowing efficient crosses and genetic analysis. It is maintained and distributed through community databases such as the UK Flora Vegetation Survey network and the International Weed Genomes Consortium, facilitating comparative genomics and evolutionary studies in Poaceae.Herbarium and genomic records are publicly searchable via Kew’s Plants of the World Online and the UK National Biodiversity Network (NBN) Atlas, supporting taxonomic verification and occurrence mapping for research and conservation applications.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Anisantha sterilis (L.) Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 20 (1934)
Anisantha sterilis var. velutina (Volkens ex Hegi) Tzvelev Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 18: 21 (1970)
Bromus amplus K.Koch Linnaea 21: 418 (1848)
Bromus delicatulus Sennen Cat. Fl. Rif Orient. : 134 (1933)
Bromus distichus Moench Methodus : 193 (1794)
Bromus grandiflorus K.Koch Linnaea 21: 419 (1848)
Bromus grandiflorus Weigel Observ. Bot. : 9 (1772)
Bromus jubatus Ten. Fl. Napol. 3: 10 (1824)
Bromus longe-aristatus Gilib. Excerc. Phyt. 2: 536 (1792)
Bromus scaberrimus St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 11(Mém.): 43 (1883 publ. 1884)
Bromus scaberrimus Ten. Fl. Napol. 3: 89 (1824)
Bromus sterilis f. hirsutior Waisb. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 51: 127 1901
Bromus sterilis f. nanus Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 20: 316 1913
Bromus sterilis f. pilosus Rohlena Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 39: 31 1902
Bromus sterilis var. arrectus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 805. 1866
Bromus sterilis var. glabrescens Zapal. Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, ser. 3, 4: 188. 1904
Bromus sterilis var. intermedius Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 42. 1830
Bromus sterilis var. oligostachyus Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 592. 1901
Bromus sterilis var. pubescens Kuntze Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 251. 1887
Bromus sterilis var. purpureus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 805. 1866
Bromus sterilis var. scaberrimus (Ten.) Fiori Fl. Anal. Italia 1: 99. 1896
Bromus sterilis var. trichanthus Kuntze Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 250. 1887
Bromus sterilis var. validus Zapal. Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, ser. 3, 4: 188. 1904
Bromus sterilis var. velutinus Volkens ex Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 1: 362. 1908
Bromus sterilis var. viridis Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 805. 1866
Bromus tenorianus Roem. & Schult. Mant. 2: 360 (1824)
Festuca sterilis Jess. Deutschl. Gräser 170. 1863
Forasaccus distichus Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 380 (1901)
Genea sterilis (L.) Dumort. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 67 (1868)
Schedonorus sterilis Fries Bot. Not. 1843: 131 (1843)
Zerna sterilis Panz. Ideen Rev. Gräser 47. 1813 ; later publ.: Denkschr. Königl. Akad. Wiss. München 4(3): 297. 1814
Bromus sterilis var. stenanthus Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 17: 82 (1927)
Anisantha sterilis var. stenantha (Chiov.) H.Scholz Bocconea 20: 9 (2007)
Anisantha sterilis var. velutinus (Volkart ex Hegi) Tzvelev Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 18: 21 (1970)
Bromus sterilis f. glaberrimus Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 115 (1971 publ. 1972)
Anisantha sterilis var. sicula (Strobl) H.Scholz Bocconea 20: 8 (2007)
Bromus sterilis var. siculus Strobl Flora 61: 127 (1878)
Bromus sterilis var. lanuginosus (Rohlena) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 592 (1901)
Bromus sterilis var. jubatus (Ten.) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort. : 132 (1840)
Bromus sterilis var. typicus Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 147 (1923)
Bromus sterilis var. humilis Tinant Fl. Luxemb. : 59 (1836)
Bromus jubatus Vill. Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 118 (1787)

Common names Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!

Language Common/alternative name
English poverty brome
English barren brome
Spanish espigajo
Arabic شويعرة عقيمة
Belarusian Каласоўнік бясплодны
Bulgarian дългоосилеста овсига
Czech sveřep jalový
Welsh pawrwellt hysb
Danish gold hejre
German anisantha sterilis
German taube trespe
Estonian kahar luste
Finnish hietakattara
French brome stérile
Upper Sorbian hłucha kostrjawa
Hungarian zerna sterilis
Hungarian anisantha sterilis
Hungarian meddő rozsnok
Italian bromo sterile
Latvian neauglīgā jumtauza
Macedonian штура класатка
Macedonian штура класица
Norwegian Bokmål sandfaks
Dutch ijle dravik
Dutch anisantha sterilis
os Бадзычъы
Polish stokłosa płonna
Russian Костёр бесплодный
Slovenian jalova stoklasa
Slovenian jalovi glistnik
Slovenian anisantha sterilis
Swedish sandlosta
Chinese 贫育雀麦

Subspecies (abbr. subsp./ssp.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subspecies added yet.

Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No variety added yet.

Subvarieties (abbr. subvar.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No subvariety added yet.

Forms (abbr. f.) Top

Add a new one! Suggest a correction!
No forms added yet.

Germination/Propagation Top

Suggest a correction or add new data!
No germination or propagation data was added yet.

Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Russian Far East
      • Primorye
    • Siberia
      • Krasnoyarsk
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
    • New Zealand
      • Chatham Islands
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Ireland
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Missouri
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Connecticut
      • Indiana
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Ohio
      • Pennsylvania
      • Rhode Island
      • West Virginia
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Idaho
      • Oregon
      • Washington
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Delaware
      • District Of Columbia
      • Kentucky
      • Maryland
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • Tennessee
      • Virginia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • Arizona
      • California
      • Nevada
      • Utah
    • Western Canada
      • British Columbia
  • Southern America
    • Caribbean
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile South

Links to other databases Top

Suggest others/fix!
Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000856589
Flora of Alabama 4714
Canadensys 7481
USDA Plants BRST2
Tropicos 25509409
INPN 82757
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332081-2
The Plant List kew-402009
Open Tree Of Life 389216
Observations.org 106496
NCBI Taxonomy 55777
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000143226
Nature Serve 2.131955
IPNI 332081-2
iNaturalist 57163
GBIF 2703647
Freebase /m/03gxqxg
EPPO BROST
EOL 1114247
Elurikkus 3195
Calflora (Californian flora) 1216
USDA GRIN 7875
Wikipedia Bromus_sterilis

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

Below is displayed the reference genome only!
If you wish to browse all genomes for this plant click here.
Accession Assembly
Name Level Submitter Released Coverage Size
GCA_950022295.1 lpBroSter1.1 Chromosome WELLCOME SANGER INSTITUTE 2023-06-27 27 2.49 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
If you wish to see all the related articles click here.
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
The genome sequence of barren brome, Bromus sterilis L. (Poaceae). Christenhusz MJM Wellcome Open Res 20-Nov-2024
PMCID:PMC11462126
doi:10.12688/wellcomeopenres.22994.2
PMID:39386963
Distribution and Mechanism of Japanese Brome (Bromus japonicus) Resistance to ALS-Inhibiting Herbicides in China Bai L, Li X, Guo X, Chen J, Yu H, Cui H Plants (Basel) 19-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11054565
doi:10.3390/plants13081139
PMID:38674548
Trade-offs constrain the success of glyphosate-free farming Metcalfe H, Storkey J, Hull R, Bullock JM, Whitmore A, Sharp RT, Milne AE Sci Rep 05-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC10997608
doi:10.1038/s41598-024-58183-8
PMID:38580796
The Pro-197-Thr mutation in the ALS gene confers novel resistance patterns to ALS-inhibiting herbicides in Bromus japonicus in China Liu L, Wu L, Li Z, Fang Y, Ju B, Zhang S, Bai L, Pan L Front Plant Sci 22-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10917945
doi:10.3389/fpls.2024.1348815
PMID:38455726
Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Cultural techniques capture diverse phosphate-solubilizing bacteria in rock phosphate-enriched habitats Ducousso-Détrez A, Lahrach Z, Fontaine J, Lounès-Hadj Sahraoui A, Hijri M Front Microbiol 07-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10879417
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2024.1280848
PMID:38384267
Persistence of Root Exudates of Sorghum bicolor and Solidago canadensis: Impacts on Invasive and Native Species Afzal MR, Naz M, Ullah R, Du D Plants (Basel) 23-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10781015
doi:10.3390/plants13010058
PMID:38202366
ALS gene overexpression and enhanced metabolism conferring Digitaria sanguinalis resistance to nicosulfuron in China Wang R, Sun Y, Lan Y, Wei S, Huang H, Li X, Huang Z Front Plant Sci 17-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10690955
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1290600
PMID:38046608
Comprehensive insights into herbicide resistance mechanisms in weeds: a synergistic integration of transcriptomic and metabolomic analyses Sen MK, Bhattacharya S, Bharati R, Hamouzová K, Soukup J Front Plant Sci 11-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10598704
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1280118
PMID:37885667
The most polyphagous insect herbivore? Host plant associations of the Meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (L.) Thompson V, Harkin C, Stewart AJ PLoS One 04-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10602594
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0291734
PMID:37792900
eDNA Metabarcoding- and Microscopic Analysis for Diet Determination in Waterfowl, a Comparative Study in Vejlerne, Denmark Svendsen AS, Nielsen LB, Schmidt JB, Bruhn D, Andersen LH, Pertoldi C Biology (Basel) 21-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10525441
doi:10.3390/biology12091272
PMID:37759671
Diverse Interactions: Root-Nodule Formation and Herb-Layer Composition in Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) Stands Csiszár Á, Winkler D, Bartha D, Zagyvai G Plants (Basel) 13-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10534852
doi:10.3390/plants12183253
PMID:37765417
Cytochrome P450s-Involved Enhanced Metabolism Contributes to the High Level of Nicosulfuron Resistance in Digitaria sanguinalis from China Wang X, Hu W, Li Y, Jiang M, Zhao N, Cao H, Liao M Biology (Basel) 31-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10525941
doi:10.3390/biology12091192
PMID:37759591
Insect Biodiversity in a Prealpine Suburban Hilly Area in Italy Lupi D, Zanetti A, Triberti P, Facchini S, Rigato F, Jucker C, Malabusini S, Savoldelli S, Cortesi P, Loni A Insects 24-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10532219
doi:10.3390/insects14090727
PMID:37754695
Distribution, Effect, and Control of Exotic Plants in Republic of Korea Lim BS, Seok JE, Lim CH, Kim GS, Shin HC, Lee CS Biology (Basel) 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10294914
doi:10.3390/biology12060826
PMID:37372111

Phytochemical Profile Top

Add a new one!
No natural compounds are linked yet. If you wish to help please use this tool.

Gallery Top

We don't have an image yet. Upload an image!

Contributors Top

No known contributors. Be the first!

Collections Top

In private collections 0
In public collections 0
You need to be authenticated in order to add this taxon to a personal collection.