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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Bromus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Poales > Family: Poaceae

There are about 150 species worldwide (north temperate regions, tropical mountains, South America) of which five are native to southern Africa and 10 naturalised. 

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Bromus firmior

 

Bromus leptoclados

 

Bromus natalensis

 

Bromus pectinatus

 

Bromus speciosus

 

Species naturalised in southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Bromus alopecurus

 

Bromus catharticus

Bromus commutatus

 

Bromus diandrus

Bromus hordeaceus

 

Bromus inermis

 

Bromus madritensis

 

Bromus rigidus

 

Bromus rubens

 

Bromus tectorum