Bromus tectorum in Genus Bromus

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Internal ID	UUID64402f13be219776301442
Scientific name	Bromus tectorum
Authority	L.
First published in	Sp. Pl. : 77 (1753)

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Anisantha pontica	K.Koch	Linnaea 21: 394 (1848)
Anisantha tectorum	(L.) Nevski	Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 22 (1934)
Anisantha tectorum var. hirsuta	(Regel) Tzvelev	Zlaki SSSR : 224 (1976)
Bromus abortiflorus	St.-Amans	Fl. Agen. : 44 (1821)
Bromus australis	R.Br.	Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 178 (1810)
Bromus avenaceus	Lam.	Tabl. Encycl. 1: 194 (1791)
Bromus dumetorum	Lam.	Fl. Franç. 3: 605 (1779)
Bromus lateripronus	St.-Lag.	Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 121 (1880)
Bromus longipilus	Kummer & Send.	Flora 32: 757 (1849)
Bromus madritensis var. caucasica	Hack.	Vestn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 29: 26 1913
Bromus mairei	Sennen & Mauricio	Diagn. Nouv. : 298 (1936)
Bromus nutans	St.-Lag.	Étude Fl. , éd. 8, 2: 945 (1889)
Bromus scabriflorus	Opiz	Naturalientausch 9: 119 (1825)
Bromus setaceus	Buckley	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 98 (1863 publ. 1864)
Bromus sterilis	Lang ex Kumm. & Sendt.	Flora 33: 758 (1849)
Bromus sterilis f. ponticus	(K.Koch) Kuntze	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 251 1887
Bromus sterilis var. nudus	(Klett & Richt.) Kuntze	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 250. 1887
Bromus sterilis var. tectorum	(L.) Kuntze	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 249. 1887
Bromus tectorius	Dulac	Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 96 (1867)
Bromus tectorum f. coloratus	Jansen & Wacht.	Ned. Kruidk. Arch. III, 52: 212 1942
Bromus tectorum f. glabratus	(Spenn.) H.St.John	Fl. S.-E. Washington , ed. 2: 536 (1956)
Bromus tectorum f. nudus	(Klett & Richter) St.John	Suom. Kasvio 220 1933
Bromus tectorum subsp. nudus	(Klett & Richt.) Piper & Beattie	Fl. N.W. Coast : 51 (1915)
Bromus tectorum subsp. abortiflorus	(St.-Amans) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 114. 1890 (1890)
Bromus tectorum var. anisantha	Hack.	Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 10. 1885
Bromus tectorum var. australis	Godr.	Fl. France 3: 583. 1856
Bromus tectorum var. floridus	Gremli	Excursionsfl. Schweiz ed. 9: 438. 1901
Bromus tectorum var. glaber	Coss. & Germ.	Fl. Descr. Anal. Paris 653. 1845
Bromus tectorum var. glabratus	Spenn.	Fl. Friburg. 1: 152 (1825)
Bromus tectorum var. hirsutus	Regel	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 600. 1881
Bromus tectorum subsp. longipilus	(Kumm. & Sendtn.) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 114 1890
Bromus tectorum var. nudus	Klett & Richt.	Fl. Leipzig : 109 (1830)
Bromus tectorum var. oligostachys	Podp.	Kvetena Moravy 6: 57. 1926
Bromus tectorum var. ponticus	(K.Koch) Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 594. 1901
Bromus tectorum var. pubescens	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 805. 1866
Bromus tectorum var. robustus	Zapal.	Consp. Fl. Gallic. Crit. 1: 76. 1906
Bromus tectorum var. rubescentus	Rochel	Bot. Reise Banat. 40. 1838
Bromus tectorum var. sirjaevii	Podp.	Kvetena Moravy 6: 57. 1926
Bromus tectorum var. spiralis	Hack.	Denkschr. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Wien. Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 50: 76. 1885
Bromus tectorum var. triflorus	G.Mey.	Chloris Han. 618. 1836
Bromus tectorum var. umbrosus	Borbás	Math. Term. Közlem. 15: 339. 1878
Bromus tectorum var. velutinus	Ducommun	Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. 884. 1869
Bromus tectorum var. villosus	G.Mey.	Chloris Han. 618. 1836
Bromus tectorum var. virens	Griseb.	Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 449. 1846
Festuca tectorum	Jess.	Deutschl. Gräser : 171 (1863)
Genea tectorum	(L.) Dumort.	Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 7: 67 (1868)
Schedonorus tectorum	Fries	Bot. Not. 1843: 131 (1843)
Zerna tectorum	Panz.	Ideen Rev. Gräser : 47 (1813)
Zerna tectorum	Nevski
Zerna tectorum	(L.) Lindm.	Sv. Fanerogamfl. 101 1918
Bromus tectorum f. nudus	(Klett & Richt.) H.St.John	Fl. S.-E. Washington 36 1937
Bromus tectorum subsp. glabratum	Schübl. & G.Martens	Fl. Würtemberg : 87 (1834)
Bromus tectorum var. pauciflorus	Lindeman	Fl. Elisabethgr. : 358 (1867)
Bromus tectorum var. purpurascens	Lindeman	Fl. Elisabethgr. : 358 (1867)
Bromus tectorum var. genevensis	Douin	Fl. Ill. France 12: 52 (1933)
Bromus tectorum var. genuinus	Godr.	Fl. France Corse 3: 583 (1856)
Bromus tectorum var. rubens	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 805 (1866)
Bromus tectorum var. scabriflorus	(Opiz) Kostel.	Clav. Anal. Fl. Bohem. : 18 (1824)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	drooping brome
English	cheatgrass
English	downy brome
English	downy chess
Arabic	ثرى
Arabic	دنقة
Arabic	شويعرة متدلية
Belarusian	Каласоўнік дахавы
Bulgarian	покривна овсига
Catalan	bromus teulader
Czech	sveřep střešní
Welsh	pawrwellt pendrwm
German	dach-trespe
German	dachtrespe
Esperanto	tektonbromuso
Esperanto	tegmentbromuso
Estonian	müürluste
Persian	علف بام
Finnish	kattokattara
French	brome des toits
Hebrew	ברומית הגגות
Upper Sorbian	niska kostrjawa
Kazakh	Арпаған
Lithuanian	smiltyninė dirsė
Latvian	Īstā jumtauza
Norwegian Bokmål	takfaks
Dutch	zwenkdravik
nv	yéʼiibeʼetsʼos
Polish	stokłosa dachowa
Slovenian	strešna stoklasa
Slovenian	strešni glistnik
Swedish	svingel-losta
Swedish	svingellosta
Swedish	backlosta
Swedish	taklosta
Turkish	püsküllü brom
tt	Әтәч кикриге (үсемлек)
Chinese	旱雀麦
Chinese	旱雀麥
Chinese	绢雀麦

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  - Corse
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- Eastern Canada
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- Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado
  - Idaho
  - Montana
  - Oregon
  - Washington
  - Wyoming
- South-central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico
  - Texas
- Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama
  - Arkansas
  - Delaware
  - District Of Columbia
  - Florida
  - Georgia
  - Kentucky
  - Louisiana
  - Maryland
  - Mississippi
  - North Carolina
  - South Carolina
  - Tennessee
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- Southwestern U.S.A.
  - Arizona
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- Subarctic America
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  - Aleutian Islands
  - Greenland
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  - Yukon
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- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000856649
Florida Plant Atlas	1944
Flora of Alabama	4715
Canadensys	7483
USDA Plants	BRTE
Tropicos	25509410
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:394163-1
The Plant List	kew-402067
Plantarium	3093
Open Tree Of Life	188833
NCBI Taxonomy	29667
NBN Atlas	NBNSYS0000143228
Nature Serve	2.135508
IPNI	394163-1
iNaturalist	58369
GBIF	2703746
Freebase	/m/02jwp0
WisFlora	2801
FEIS	plants/graminoid/brotec
EPPO	BROTE
EOL	1114249
Elurikkus	3196
Calflora (Californian flora)	1218
US Library of Congress	sh95007726
USDA GRIN	7880
Wikipedia	Bromus_tectorum

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Accession	Assembly
Accession	Name	Level	Submitter	Released	Coverage	Size
GCA_042919945.1	lpBroTect1.o.p	Scaffold	UCLA	2024-10-15	52	2.04 Gb

Scientific Literature Top

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Systematic reduction of natural enemies and competition across variable precipitation approximates buffelgrass invasiveness (Cenchrus ciliaris) in its native range

Rhodes AC, Plowes RM, Bowman EA, Gaitho A, Ng'Iru I, Martins DJ, Gilbert LE

Ecol Evol

11-May-2024

PMCID:	PMC11087885
doi:	10.1002/ece3.11350
PMID:	38737568

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

Target‐site mutations Ile1781Leu and Ile2041Asn in the ACCase2 gene confer resistance to fluazifop‐p‐butyl and pinoxaden herbicides in a johnsongrass accession from Arkansas, USA

González‐Torralva F, Norsworthy JK

Plant Direct

21-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10955616
doi:	10.1002/pld3.576
PMID:	38516339

Invasive‐dominated grasslands in Hawaiʻi are resilient to disturbance

Yelenik S, Rose E, Cordell S

Ecol Evol

19-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10951494
doi:	10.1002/ece3.10948
PMID:	38510540

Exploring the complex pre-adaptations of invasive plants to anthropogenic disturbance: a call for integration of archaeobotanical approaches

Bellini G, Schrieber K, Kirleis W, Erfmeier A

Front Plant Sci

15-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10978757
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1307364
PMID:	38559769

Fire in the desert

McDermott A

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

13-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10962942
doi:	10.1073/pnas.2402794121
PMID:	38478691

Synthesis and biological profile of 2,3-dihydro[1,3]thiazolo[4,5-b]pyridines, a novel class of acyl-ACP thioesterase inhibitors

Frackenpohl J, Barber DM, Bojack G, Bollenbach-Wahl B, Braun R, Getachew R, Hohmann S, Ko KY, Kurowski K, Laber B, Mattison RL, Müller T, Reingruber AM, Schmutzler D, Svejda A

Beilstein J Org Chem

01-Mar-2024

PMCID:	PMC10910475
doi:	10.3762/bjoc.20.46
PMID:	38440172

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

Rapid seedling emergence of invasive Phytolacca americana is related to higher soluble sugars produced by starch metabolism and photosynthesis compared to native P. acinosa

Liu D, Liu M, Ju R, Li B, Wang Y

Front Plant Sci

26-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC10853419
doi:	10.3389/fpls.2024.1255698
PMID:	38344188

Weed biology and management in the multi-omics era: Progress and perspectives

Chen K, Yang H, Wu D, Peng Y, Lian L, Bai L, Wang L

Plant Commun

12-Jan-2024

PMCID:	PMC11009161
doi:	10.1016/j.xplc.2024.100816
PMID:	38219012

Soil microbiome analysis supports claims of ineffectiveness of Pseudomonas fluorescens D7 as a biocontrol agent of Bromus tectorum

Custer GF, Mealor BA, Fowers B, van Diepen LT

Microbiol Spectr

05-Dec-2023

PMCID:	PMC10782950
doi:	10.1128/spectrum.01771-23
PMID:	38051051

Carabidae and Tenebrionidae diversity in the Great Basin Province of California

Tonkel KC, Kirchoff VS, Rector BG

J Insect Sci

28-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10684040
doi:	10.1093/jisesa/iead106
PMID:	38016006

Precipitation pattern alters the effects of nitrogen deposition on the growth of alien species Robinia pseudoacacia

Wang X, Guo X, Ding W, Du N, Guo W, Pang J

Heliyon

08-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10685202
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e21822
PMID:	38034734

PSVI-27 Evaluation of Coated and Non-Coated Seed Species Pertinent to the Great Basin in Response to in Vitro Ruminal Incubation

Holton G, Silva A, Franco AM, Richardson W, Stringham T, Brody T, Mazza P, Madsen M, Fonseca MA

J Anim Sci

06-Nov-2023

PMCID:	PMC10633634
doi:	10.1093/jas/skad281.730

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Bromus tectorum

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