Bromus bromoideus

Taxobox
name = "Bromus bromoideus"


image_width = 220px
image_caption = Inflorescence
status = EW
status_ref=cite news|title=EU project ‘Ensconet’ ensconces a once-lost Belgian grass| url=http://ec.europa.eu/research/headlines/news/article_05_11_07_en.html| publisher= European Commission| work=European research Headlines| date=2005-11-07| accessdate= 2007-03-20]
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Liliopsida
ordo = Poales
familia = Poaceae
genus = "Bromus"
species = "B. bromoideus"
binomial_name = "Bromus bromoideus"
binomial_authority = (Lej.) Crep.
synonyms="Bromus arduennensis" Dumort.
"Bromus grossus" subsp. "eburonensis" (Nyman) Tournay

"Bromus bromoideus" (Brome of the Ardennes) is a species of grass in the genus "Bromus". It was found in the calcareous meadows of the provinces of Liege and Luxembourg in Belgium, notably around the towns of Rochefort, Beauraing and Comblain-au-Pont, where it was first discovered in 1821. It was thought to be extinct since the 1930s until preserved seeds were rediscovered in collections of the Belgian National Botanic Garden by English botanist David Aplin and as a result of the publicity, seeds in other locations came to light in 2005. [cite news|title=‘Kiss of Life’ saves extinct grass: Belgian endemic back for birthday celebrations|publisher=innovations report| date=2005-10-18|accessdate= 2007-03-20]

References

External links

* [http://www.rbgkew.org.uk/msbp/bromusgrass.html Kiss of life saves extinct grass (Botanical gardens kew)]
*GrassBase | name = "Bromus bromoideus" | id = imp01603