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Rye Brome
Kurt Stüber [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Grasses & bamboos

Rye Brome

Bromus secalinus L.

Names

EnglishRye Brome
DutchDreps
Spanish—
Chinese黑麦状雀麦
Scientific nameBromus secalinus L.

About this species

Bromus secalinus is a species of bromegrass known as rye brome. The specific epithet secalinus is Latin, meaning "rye-like". The fruits are hard, rounded glumes that appear superficially similar to the rye grain, which gives the brome its common and scientific name. The grass has a diploid number of 28.

The grass is native to Eurasia but is well known in many other parts of the world where it has been introduced. It is a noxious weed throughout much of North America.

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Classification

KingdomPlantae
PhylumTracheophyta
ClassLiliopsida
OrderPoales
FamilyPoaceae
GenusBromus

In Suriname

1Records in Suriname
1881First record

Where it has been recorded

  • Sipaliwini1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

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