Taxon:  Bromus japonicus Houtt.



Summary
Genus:
Bromus
Subgenus:
Bromus
Family:
Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Bromeae
Nomen number:
7809
Place of publication:
Nat. hist. 2(13): Aanwyzing Pl. [2], 315, t. 91, fig. 4.  1782 (J. A. Murray, Syst. veg. ed. 14:119.  1784 May-Jun; C. P. Thunberg, Fl. jap. 52, t. 11.  1784 Aug)
Comment:
Houttuyn mentioned the binomial Bromus japonicus in "Aanwyzing Pl. [p. 2]" and provided a description on p. 315 (fide K. Gandhi, pers. comm. via e-mail on 31 Jan 2013)
Verified:
05/06/1992 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
7 (7  active, 6  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Bromus japonicus Houtt. subsp. anatolicus (Boiss. & Heldr.) Pénzes (0 active accession[s])
Bromus japonicus Houtt. subsp. japonicus (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Bromus arvensis L. var. japonicus (Houtt.) Fiori

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Bromus arvensis L. var. patulus (Mert. & W. D. J. Koch) Mutel
Bromus patulus Mert. & W. D. J. Koch
Bromus vestitus Schrad.

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Reference(s)
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Common names
LANGUAGENAMEALTERNATE NAMENOTESEQCITATION
English Japanese brome 1 Gould, F. W. 1975. The grasses of Texas
English Japanese chess 1 Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English Thunberg's brome 1 Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
English (Canada) Japanese brome Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 28.
French (Canada) brome du Japon Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel 2 Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 28.
Swedish kvarnlosta 2 Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1Native  Romania  
1NativeAfricaNorthern AfricaEgypt  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian FederationDagestan 
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusRussian Federation-CiscaucasiaCiscaucasia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaJapan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTajikistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaUzbekistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaAfghanistan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaCyprus  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaEgyptSinai 
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIran  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIraq  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaIsrael  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaJordan  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaLebanon  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaSyria  
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia n.w.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationAstrakhan 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKalmykia 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVolgograd 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. Krym
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeHungary  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  
1NativeEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustralia  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaNew ZealandNew Zealand  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSwitzerland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeFinland  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeNorway  
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Canada  
4NaturalizedNorthern America Mexico  
4NaturalizedNorthern America United States  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
Native

  • REGION:
Africa
  • NORTHERN AFRICA: Egypt
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Afghanistan, Cyprus, Egypt [Sinai], Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Russian Federation-Ciscaucasia [Ciscaucasia], Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Russian Federation [Dagestan]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia]
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea, Japan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (n.w.), Pakistan
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, Poland, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part], Belarus, Moldova, Russian Federation [Astrakhan, Kalmykia, Saratov, Volgograd], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Bulgaria, Greece, Croatia, Italy, Serbia, Slovenia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia
  • NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Finland, Norway, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Poland
Northern America
  • REGION: Canada, Mexico, United States
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Weedpotential seed contaminant Tzvelev, N. N. 1976. Zlaki SSSR
Weedpotential seed contaminant Koyama, T. 1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Weedpotential seed contaminant Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grinczech.vurv.cz/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=7809. Accessed 22 November 2024.