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The genus Bromus is in the family Poaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Bromus

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Bromus aegyptiacus Tausch	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus alopecuros Poir.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus andringitrensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus anomalus E.Fourn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus araucanus Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus arenarius Labill.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus aristatus (K.Koch) Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus arizonicus (Shear) Stebbins	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus armenus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus arrhenatheroides Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus arvensis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus attenuatus Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus auleticus Trin. ex Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus benekenii (Lange) Trimen	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus berteroanus Colla	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus biebersteinii Roem. & Schult.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus bikfayensis A.Camus & Gomb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus bonariensis Parodi & J.H.Camara	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus borianus H.Scholz	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus brachyantherus Döll	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus brachystachys Hornung	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus brevis Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus briziformis Fisch. & C.A.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus bromoideus (Lej.) Crép.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus cabrerensis C.Acedo & Llamas	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus cappadocicus Boiss. & Balansa	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus carinatus Hook. & Arn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus catharticus Vahl	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus cebadilla Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus ceramicus Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus chrysopogon Viv.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus ciliatus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus coloratus Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × commutatojaponicus Nyár.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus commutatus Schrad.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus confinis Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus danthoniae Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus dardori Sennen	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus densus Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus diandrus Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus dolichocarpus Wagnon	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × eburonensis (Nyman) K.Richt.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus elidis H.Scholz	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus epilis Keng f.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus erectus Huds.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus exaltatus Bernh.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus fasciculatus C.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus firmior (Nees) Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × fischeri Cugnac & A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus flexuosus Planchuelo	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus formosanus Honda	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus frigidus Boiss. & Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus frondosus (Shear) Wooton & Stand.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus gracillimus Bunge	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × granatensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus grandis (Shear) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus grossus Desf. ex DC.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × guetrotii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus gunckelii Matthei	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × hannoveranus K.Richt.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus haussknechtii Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus himalaicus Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus hordeaceus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × husnotii A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus induratus Hausskn. & Bornm.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus inermis Leyss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus insignis Buse	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus intermedius Guss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus interruptus (Hack.) Druce	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus japonicus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus kalmii A.Gray	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus kinabaluensis (Jansen) Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus koeieanus Melderis	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus kopetdagensis Drobow	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus korotkiji Drobow	Accepted		TRO
Bromus × laagei Cugnac & A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus laevipes Shear	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus lanatipes (Shear) Rydb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus lanatus Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus lanceolatus Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus latiglumis (Shear) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus lepidus Holmb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus leptoclados Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus lithobius Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × litvinovii Roshev. ex Nevski	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus macrocladus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus madritensis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus magnus Keng	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus mango É.Desv.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus marginatus Nees ex Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus maritimus (Piper) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus maroccanus Pau & Font Quer	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus meyeri Swallen	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus modestus Renvoize	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus moellendorffianus (Asch. & Graebn.) Hayek	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus moesiacus Velen.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus morrisonensis Honda	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus mucroglumis Wagnon	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus natalensis Stapf	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus nepalensis Melderis	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus nervosus C.Acedo & Llamas	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus nottowayanus Fernald	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus orcuttianus Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus oxyodon Schrenk	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pacificus Shear	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pannonicus Kumm. & Sendtn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus parodii Covas & Itria	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus paulsenii Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pectinatus Thunb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pellitus Hack.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pindicus Hausskn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus plurinodis Keng f.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus polyanthus Scribn. ex Shear	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus popovii Drobow	Accepted		TRO
Bromus porphyranthos Cope	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus porteri (Coult.) Nash	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus psammophilus P.M.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pseudobrachystachys H.Scholz	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pseudodanthoniae Drobow	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pseudolaevipes Wagnon	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pseudoramosus Keng f. ex L.Liu	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pseudosecalinus P.M.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × pseudothominii P.M.Sm.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pubescens Muhl. ex Willd.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus pumpellianus Scribn.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus racemosus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus ramosus Huds.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus remotiflorus (Steud.) Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus richardsonii Link	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus rigidus Roth	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus riparius Rehmann	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × rosettiae A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus rubens L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus scoparius L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus scopulorum Chase	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus secalinus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus segetum Kunth	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus × segoviensis A.Camus	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus setifolius J.Presl	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sewerzowii Regel	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sinensis Keng f.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sipyleus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sitchensis Trin.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus speciosus Nees	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus squarrosus L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus staintonii Melderis	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus stenostachyus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sterilis L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus striatus Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus suksdorfii Vasey	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus sundaicus Ohwi	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus syriacus Boiss. & Blanche	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tacna Steud.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tectorum L.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus texensis (Shear) Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus thysanoglottis Soderstr. & Beaman	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus timorensis Veldkamp	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tomentellus Boiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tunicatus Phil.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus turcomanicus H.Scholz	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tytthanthus Nevski	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus tyttholepis (Nevski) Nevski	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus variegatus M.Bieb.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus villosissimus Hitchc.	Accepted		WCSP
Bromus vulgaris (Hook.) Shear	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 788 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Bromus. Of these 165 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 934 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Bromus. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 788 species names for the genus Bromus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	165	20.9%
◕	Synonym	564	71.6%
◕	Unplaced	37	4.7%
◕	Unassessed	22	2.8%

All names

The status of the 1,722 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Bromus recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	182	10.6%
◕	Synonym	1,475	85.7%
◕	Unplaced	38	2.2%
◕	Unassessed	27	1.6%

Of these names,

• 82 are recorded as invalid
• 81 are recorded as illegitimate
• 8 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 788 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Bromus, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	163	515	0	0	678	86.0%
	Medium confidence	2	44	0	0	46	5.8%
	Low confidence	0	5	37	22	64	8.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Bromus, are as follows: