Bromus sect. Penicillus Llamas & Acedo, sect. nova.

Llamas, Felix & Acedo, Carmen, 2019, Typification of eight current and seven related names and a new section in the genus Bromus (Bromeae, Pooideae, Poaceae), PhytoKeys 121, pp. 53-72 : 61

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.121.30254

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/B2BAA3C6-1CAD-3D36-B4E9-10B62AF59010

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scientific name

Bromus sect. Penicillus Llamas & Acedo, sect. nova.
status

 

2. Bromus sect. Penicillus Llamas & Acedo, sect. nova.

Diagnosis.

Panicle dense, compact, with short branches. The erect spikelets seem to be sessile. Awns more or less divaricate at maturity.

Type.

Bromus rubens L. in Cent. Pl. I: 1 (1755).

Included species.

B. rubens L., B. fasciculatus C.Presl and B. matritensis L.

Distribution.

Southern Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa. Etymology: Named from the Latin “penicillus”, meaning brush, referring to the morphology of the inflorescence, especially in B. rubens , the name of which provides the type.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Poales

Family

Poaceae