Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Thinleaf False Brome
Description
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Physical Description
Habit: Graminoid
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,313 meters (0 to 7,589 feet).[1]
Biology
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Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- (Auct.) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
()
- Auct.
- Class:
Spermatopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Juncanae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Poales
()
- Small, 1903
- Family:
Gramineae
()
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Pooideae
()
- Tribe:
Brachypodieae
()
- Genus:
Brachypodium
()
- Palisot de Beauvois, 1812
- Specific epithet:
phoenicoides
- (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
- Botanical name: - Brachypodium phoenicoides (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
- Specific epithet:
phoenicoides
- (L.) Roemer & J.A. Schultes
- Genus:
Brachypodium
(
- Tribe:
Brachypodieae
(
- Subfamily:
Pooideae
(
- Family:
Gramineae
(
- Order:
Poales
(
- Superorder:
Juncanae
(
- Subclass:
Commelinidae
(
- Class:
Spermatopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Angiospermae
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Brachypodium caespitosum var. phoenicoides (L.) Benth. • Brachypodium cespitosum P. Beauv. var. phoenicoides (L.) Benth. • Brachypodium Cespitosum Phoenicoides • Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P. Beauv. Phoenicoides (L.) Nyman • Brachypodium ramosum (L.) Roem. & Schult. Proles. Phoenicoides (L.) Asch. & Graebn. • Bromus phoenicoides (L.) Steud. • Festuca phoenicoides L. • Poa phoenicoides (L.) Koeler
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Brachypodium
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
B. caninum (Bearded Wheatgrass) · B. corniculatum (Heath False Brome) · B. distachyon (Purple False Brome) · B. distachyon 'Ibros' (False Brome Grass 'ibros') · B. distachyon 'Zulema' (False Brome Grass 'zulema') · B. phoenicoides (Thinleaf False Brome) · B. pinnatum (Heath False Brome) · B. sylvaticum (Slender False Brome) · B. unilaterale (Mat-Grass Fescue)
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Further Reading
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- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48 2003 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 143, p. 144, p. 145, p. 179, p. 196, p. 322, p. 555, p. 681.
- Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 202, p. 761.
- Protected Landscapes: experience around the world. Prepared for the International Symposium on Protected Landscapes, Grange-over-Sands, England 5-10 October 1987 IUCN url p. 81.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 16 1878 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 731.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 26, 2008)
- USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Herbarium
- Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien: Observations du Conservatoire botanique national du Bassin parisien.
- European Environment Agency: EUNIS
- GBIF-Spain: BDBCV BioBlitz in Penyagolosa (Castellón, Spain)
- GBIF-Spain: Botánica, Universidad de León: LEB-Cormo
- GBIF-Spain: Dirección General de Investigación, Desarrollo Tecnológico e Innovación de la Junta de Extremadura(DGIDTI): HSS
- GBIF-Spain: Herbario Universidad de Málaga: MGC-Cormófitos
- GBIF-Spain: Hortus Botanicus Sollerensis Herbarium (FBonafè)
- GBIF-Spain: Institut Botanic de Barcelona, BC
- GBIF-Spain: Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
- GBIF-Spain: Real Jardin Botanico (Madrid), Vascular Plant Herbarium (MA)
- GBIF-Spain: Univ. Herbarium SALAMANCA: SALA
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Almería, HUAL
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Extremadura, UNEX
- GBIF-Spain: Universidad de Oviedo. Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas: FCO
- SysTax
- SysTax: Herbarium Universitat Ulm
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2676172
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-565029
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13780892
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393165-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 7602
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 565029
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: BRPH3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 25718
Footnotes
- Mean = 495.720 meters (1,626.378 feet), Standard Deviation = 729.990 based on 82 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
