- Bromus arenarius
- Bromus brevis
- Bromus catharticus
- Bromus commutatus
- Bromus diandrus
- Bromus erectus
- Bromus hordeaceus
- Bromus inermis
- Bromus japonicus
- Bromus lithobius
- Bromus madritensis
- Bromus racemosus
- Bromus rubens
- Bromus secalinus
- Bromus sitchensis
- Bromus stamineus
- Bromus sterilis
- Bromus tectorum
- Bromus valdivianus
Annuals or perennials, tufted or occasionally rhizomatous. Leaf-sheath often pubescent; margins connate. Ligule membranous. Leaf-blade flat. Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle, or rarely a raceme. Spikelets 2-many-flowered, ± laterally compressed; florets chasmogamous or cleistogamous; disarticulation above glumes and between lemmas. Glumes unequal or subequal, acute or shortly awned; lower 1–7-nerved, upper 3–9-nerved. Lemma rounded or keeled, 5–13-nerved, bidentate, awned from near apex; awn straight, bent or recurved, or 0. Palea usually < lemma, 2-keeled, keels ciliate or scabrid. Lodicules 2, entire, connate below, glabrous. Stamens (2)–3. Ovary with a terminal, hairy appendage and styles inserted laterally. Fig. 12.
[From: Edgar and Connor (2000) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 5 (second printing).]
Category | Number |
---|---|
Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 16 |
Exotic: Casual | 2 |
Total | 19 |