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False-bromes
Brachypodium
Brachypodium (short foot) is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Africa, Eurasia, and Latin America. The genus is classified in its own tribe Brachypodieae.
Flimsy upright stems form tussocks. Flowers appear in compact spike-like racemes with 5-25 flowers on each short-stalked spikelet in summer. Leaves are flat or curved.
9 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Brachypodium
sectionBrachypodium
purple false-bromes
sectionTrachynia
Brachypodium genuense
speciesBrachypodium genuense
Brachypodium arbuscula
speciesBrachypodium arbuscula
Brachypodium perrieri
speciesBrachypodium perrieri
Brachypodium × diazii
hybridBrachypodium × diazii
Brachypodium peregrinum
speciesBrachypodium peregrinum
Brachypodium boissieri
speciesBrachypodium boissieri
Brachypodium kotschyi
speciesBrachypodium kotschyi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57159.