Bromus maritimus

Bromus maritimus
Maritime brome
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Bromus
Species: B. maritimus
Binomial name
Bromus maritimus
(Piper) Hitchc. [1]
Synonyms
  • B. marginatus subsp. maritimus Piper(basionym)
  • B. carinitus var. maritimus (Piper) C.L.Hitchc.
  • Ceratochloa maritima (Piper) Holub
List sources : [2][3]

Bromus maritimus is a species of brome (or chess) grass known by the common names maritime brome[3] and seaside brome. It is native to the coastal areas of California and Oregon.[3]

See also

  • California coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion

References

  1. ^  Hitchcock's treatment of Piper's Bromus marginatus subsp. maritimus, which he designated to the rank of species as Bromus maritimus, was published in A Flora of California 1: 77. 1912. "Plant Name Details for Bromus maritimus". IPNI. http://www.ipni.org:80/ipni/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=393869-1. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 
  2. ^ The basionym Bromus marginatus subsp. maritimus was originally described and published in Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18(24): 148. 1905; B. carinatus var. maritimus was published in Plants of the Pacific Northwest 1: 504. 1969; Ceratochloa maritima was published in Folio Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 8(2): 170. 1973. "Name - Bromus maritimus (Piper) Hitchc.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://tropicos.org/Name/25516283. Retrieved August 9, 2010. 
  3. ^ a b c GRIN (March 19, 2003). "Bromus maritimus information from NPGS/GRIN". Taxonomy for Plants. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland: USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?7828. Retrieved August 9, 2010.