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Bromus madritensis

L. (1755)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Genus: Bromus

bromegrass, chess, Mediterranean brome, ripgut grass, Spanish brome

Description

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Historical Distribution

Synonyms (63)

Anisantha madritensis (L.) Nevski (1934)
Anisantha madritensis subsp. tefedetica (Quézel) H.Scholz & Valdés (2006)
Anisantha madritensis var. ciliata (Guss.) Tzvelev (1974)
Anisantha matritensis
Bromus arenaceus Pourr. (1788)
Bromus asperrimus Ten. (1824)
Bromus darderi Sennen (1936)
Bromus decipiens Cav. (1803)
Bromus diandrus Curtis (1798)
Bromus diandrus var. curtisii Bab. (1839)
Bromus diandrus var. madritensis (L.) DC. (1813)
Bromus diandrus var. polystachyus J.Woods (1850)
Bromus digitatus Poir. ex P.Beauv. (1812)
Bromus dilatatus Lam. (1785)
Bromus gynandrus Roth (1790)
Bromus madritensis f. persterilis Cugnac & A.Camus (1931)
Bromus madritensis f. umbrosus Hausskn. (1899)
Bromus madritensis subsp. eumadritensis Maire & Weiller (1955)
Bromus madritensis subsp. madritensis
Bromus madritensis subsp. tefedeticus Quézel (1956)
Bromus madritensis var. ambiguus Coss. & Durieu (1855)
Bromus madritensis var. ciliatus Guss. (1843)
Bromus madritensis var. curtisii Bab. ex Syme (1873)
Bromus madritensis var. diandrus Hook.f. (1870)
Bromus madritensis var. glabriculmis Maire & Weiller (1941)
Bromus madritensis var. glabriglumis Maire & Weiller (1939)
Bromus madritensis var. monandrus Guss. (1843)
Bromus madritensis var. polystachyus Guépin (1830)
Bromus madritensis var. pubiculmis Maire & Weiller (1942)
Bromus madritensis var. purpureus Lojac. (1909)
Bromus madritensis var. urbicus P.Candargy (1899)
Bromus madritensis var. victorinii Maire (1941)
Bromus madritensis var. villiglumis Maire & Weiller (1939)
Bromus madritensis var. villosissimus Maire (1937)
Bromus matritensis L. ex Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Bromus maximus Roth (1802)
Bromus maximus var. minor Boiss. (1844)
Bromus multispicatus Roem. & Schult. (1817)
Bromus muralis Huds. (1778)
Bromus muralis var. madritensis (L.) Huds. (1778)
Bromus myrthensis Lojac. (1909)
Bromus oranensis Steud. (1854)
Bromus polystachyus DC. (1815)
Bromus rigidus var. minor (Boiss.) Maire (1941)
Bromus rochelianus Opiz (1825)
Bromus rubens subsp. madritensis (L.) Bonnier & Layens (1894)
Bromus rubens var. polystachyus (DC.) Mutel (1837)
Bromus rubens var. villosus Fiori (1907)
Bromus sterilis f. diandrus (Hook.f.) Kuntze (1887)
Bromus sterilis f. varius (Brot.) Kuntze (1887)
Bromus sterilis var. madritensis (L.) Kuntze (1887)
Bromus varius Brot. (1804)
Bromus viciosoi Sennen (1936)
Bromus victorinii Sennen & Mauricio (1933)
Bromus villosus Forssk. (1775)
Bromus villosus var. minor (Boiss.) Briq. (1910)
Festuca madritensis (L.) Desf. (1798)
Forasaccus arenaceus (Pourr.) Bubani (1901)
Forasaccus diandrus (Hook.f.) Bubani (1901)
Genea madritensis (L.) Dumort. (1868)
Schedonorus madritensis var. ciliatus (Guss.) Lange (1860)
Zerna madritensis (L.) Gray (1822)
Zerna madritensis var. triandra Gray (1822)

Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

Kaua'i Naturalized
Molokai Naturalized
Lana'i Naturalized
Maui Naturalized
Hawai'i Naturalized

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Cent. Pl. I: 5 (1755)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:1505 (Mo?, M?, H? [adventive], DESCR); Herbst & Clayton 1998:20 (KEY); Herbst & Wagner 1999:25 (NEWNAT/Mo, EM, H); Faccenda 2022:48, 50 (K, L, KEY); Herbst 389 BISH (H†, 1967)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Bromus madritensis Au. Sugar Co. This grows at Pah at upper settlement Preserved_Specimen Annaul. Would like to have of its nahue [?] as pasture Munro, G.C. 62 Molokai BISH 1903-02-15
2 Bromus madritensis Settlement Trail Preserved_Specimen Forbes, C.N. 650 Molokai BISH 1915-03-29
3 Bromus madritensis Awehi Rd, in the Gardenia brighamii outplanting exclosure Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 30714 Lanai BISH 2007-03-21
4 Bromus madritensis Waiakuilani Gulch On steep slopes in mesic forest and dry shrubland. Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 40711 Molokai BISH 2007-04-05
5 Bromus madritensis W Maui, Launiupoko, two gulches N of Valley Dense patches in thin soil above a rocky precipice. Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 4243 Maui BISH 2006-01-23
6 Bromus madritensis Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Kipuka Nene Summer dry area; assoc. with Metrosideros, Andropogon virginicus, A. glomerata, Scaevola kilaueae Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 271 Hawaii BISH 1966-08-15
7 Bromus madritensis Southwest of Ooa, west on Onini Gulch. On roadcut 0-.1 miles above the Forest Reserve gate. Growing on roadcut Preserved_Specimen Vegetation: Grevillea, Schinus, Dodonaea, Pinus, Sida, Bidens, Melinis, Waltheria, Cyperus, Schiedea Oppenheimer, H.L. 11602 Molokai BISH 2016-01-05
8 Bromus madritensis Hawaii Volcanos National Park, Kipuka Nene, across road from picnic area. semi-arid, shaded Preserved_Specimen Herbst, D.R. 389 Hawaii BISH 1967-03-28
9 Bromus madritensis Waimea Canyon, Kukui Trail, near top of the trail. Degraded Grevillea Dominant Mesic Forest W/Dianella, Lantana, Dracaena aurea, Melia, Sigesbeckia orientalis, Setaria, Kalanchoe pinnata, Ageratiana riparia, Triumphetta semitriloba, Erigeron karvinskianus. Preserved_Specimen Clumping at the beginning of the trail, flws pubescent. Infol green older dark purple. Tangalin, N. 2027 Kauai BISH 2009-06-04
10 Bromus madritensis West Maui, Lahaina District, slopes of Helu, Kauaula Valley, S side On steep rocky mid-slope. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Melicope, Coprosma, Dodonaea, Wikstroemia, Remya, Neraudia, Stenogyne, Myrsine, Alyxia, Cocculus, Microlepia, Dryopteris, Cyrtomium, Pipturus, Zanthoxylum, Diospyros, Dubautia, Peperomia, Pteris, Doodia, Lepisorus, Selaginella, Elaphoglossum, Liparis. Preserved_Specimen Grass. Oppenheimer, H.L. 50715 Maui BISH 2007-05-11
11 Bromus madritensis Hawaii National Park, So. of Kilauea Near Kipukanene In meadow, frequent locally Preserved_Specimen Fagerlund, G.O. 1011 Hawaii BISH 1945-03-22
12 Bromus madritensis Wahane Gulch In open, rocky areas. Vegetation: Metrosideros, Diospyros, Dodonaea, Pouteria, Nestegis, Leptecophylla, Wikstroemia, Psidium, Morella, Schinus, Lantana Preserved_Specimen Oppenheimer, H.L. 21303 Lanai BISH 2013-02-07
13 Bromus madritensis Mauna Loa, Puu Nana Occasional in pasture Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1845 Molokai BISH 1937-04-16
14 Bromus madritensis W Maui, Lahaina District, Lihau Lowland Dry Forest at 1400 ft under an Erythrina canopy on a north slope with Sida, Dodonaea, Myoporum, Leucaena, Diospyros and annual grasses and herbs Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1483 Maui BISH 1992-01-09
15 Bromus madritensis Above Makawao Growing along the roadside Preserved_Specimen Hobdy, R.W. 489 Maui BISH 1979-04-01
16 Bromus madritensis Kalae Rare in pasture Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 1853 Molokai BISH 1937-04-17
17 Bromus madritensis SW of the western most reservoir above Lahaina Growing on the S rim of a cindercone. Preserved_Specimen Depauperate grass. Whistler, W.A. Maui BISH 2008-02-14
18 Bromus madritensis South Kohala, Waikii Rare in grass plot Preserved_Specimen Hosaka, E.Y. 2521 Hawaii BISH 1940-05-16
19 Bromus madritensis Western Kawela below old goat pen. Lantana-Melinis shrubland to lama forest. Preserved_Specimen Occasional slenderly ascending, sparsely tufted grass, 15 cm tall, leaves slightly pubescent. Inflorescence with purple tinge. Hughes, G.D. 34 Molokai BISH 1992-03-16
20 Bromus madritensis W Maui, Lahaina District, Lihau Lowland Dry Shrubland at 2600 ft on a cindery west facing ridge with clumps of Rhynchelytrum repens dominating, but with some of Metrosideros, Styphelia, Bidens, Gnaphalium sandwicensium, Schiedea menziesii and alien herbs and grasses Preserved_Specimen Welton, P. 1114 Maui BISH 1991-07-13
21 Bromus madritensis Maunaloa - outside grass garden No. 2. Preserved_Specimen Much in one spot Cooke, T. Molokai BISH 1940-03-27
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