Bromus japonicus
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Bromus japonicus Thunb., Syst. Veg. ed. 14 119 1784. (syn: Bromus abolinii Drobow; Bromus anatolicus Boiss. & Heldr.; Bromus annuus Jacq. ex Stapf [Invalid]; Bromus arvensis var. japonicus (Thunb.) Fiori; Bromus barobalianus G.Singh; Bromus chapprianus Stapf [Spelling variant]; Bromus chiapporianus De Not. ex Nyman [Invalid]; Bromus cyrii Trin.; Bromus erectus var. aequifolius Nees; Bromus gedrosianus Pénzes; Bromus hirtus Licht.; Bromus japonicus var. aegyptiacus (Tausch) Asch., Schweinf. & Muschl. …………………; Bromus × karlobagensis Degen; Bromus kochii C.C.Gmel. [Illegitimate]; Bromus patulus Mert. & W.D.J.Koch …………………….; Bromus pectinatus var. vestitus (Schrad.) Pénzes; Bromus pendulus Schur [Invalid]; Bromus phrygius Boiss.; Bromus pseudojaponicus H.Scholz; Bromus regnii H.Scholz; Bromus squarrosus var. patulus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Regel; Bromus subsquarrosus Borbás; Bromus ugamicus Drobow; Bromus unilateralis Schur [Invalid]; Bromus vestitus var. minor Nees .; Bromus villiferus Steud.; Forasaccus patulus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Bubani; Serrafalcus chiapporianus De Not. ex Parl. [Invalid]; Serrafalcus japonicus (Thunb.) Wilmott; Serrafalcus patulus (Mert. & W.D.J.Koch) Parl.);
. Medit. to Temp. Eurasia: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Bulgaria, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sinai, South European Russi, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia; Introduced into: Alabama, Alberta, Argentina South, Baltic States, Belarus, Central European Rus, Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, New York, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont as per POWO; . Common name: Japanese Brome .
Bromus japonicus Thunb. from Kashmir: Syn: Bromus annuus Jacq. ex Stapf; Bromus patulus Mert. & Koch
Common names: Japanese brome, Japanese chess
Annual grass reaching 90 cm; leaf blade 10-30 cm long, 3-6 mm broad, pubescent on both surfaces; panicle spreading and lax, up to 30 cm long, with 2-8 branches at each node, 5-10 cm long with 1-4 spikelets which are 12-20 mm long, 4-5 mm broad, lanceolate-oblong with 7-12 florets; glumes unequal lower 5-7 mm long, upper 6-8 mm long; lemmas elliptic 8-10 mm long, side view 2 mm, margin mebranous, awn subterminal, 5-10 mm long.
Common as weed and in wastelands. Photographed from Baramulla and from Dachhigam in Kashmir. . Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Juncaceae Week: Poaceae- Bromus japonicus Thunb. from Kashmir-GS16: Attachments (4). 5 posts by 4 authors.    Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Junaceae Week: Poaceae- Bromus barobalianus G. Singh from Kashmir-GS17: Attachments (3). 3 posts by 3 authors. A species of Bromus described by me in 1976. Age not permitting I could not climb those difficult slopes when I visited the area last year, as such I am uploading the isotype. Named after the peak Barobal avove Harwan in Kashmir, the species looks similar to B. japonicus but easily differentiated by its larger spikelets being compressed and solotary at apices of hairy flexuous branches of panicle, glumes and lemma hairy and anthers larger. I am reproducing from original publication. Bromus barobalianus G. Singh, Forest Flora of Srinagar, P. 129, Fig. 8, 1976. Habitu Bromus japonicus Thunb. sed distat: panicula flexuousus rami pilosus, spicula compressus, majoribus, lemma carinatus, longioribus, antherae longioribus. Annua, 14-40 cm alta, omino melliter pilosa. Folia linearis, 5-12 cm longa, 3-5 mm lata; ligula 1.5-2 mm longa, apice fisso truncata. Panicula patens; ramis 6-14, flexuousus, tenuibus pilosis, 2-5 cm longis. Spiculis pendentibus, solitarious, compressus, 15-23 mm longis (aristis exclusis), 6-12 floris, apice attenuatus. Gluma inferior 6-8 mm longa, 3-nervis, superior 9-11 mm longa, 5-7 nervis, utrae pilosae. Lemma 11-33 mm longa, carinatus, pilosa externus, 7-9 nervis, arista subapiculi, 12-18 mm longa, apice bidentata, dentibus 1-1.5 mm longis, arista fructifer recurvatis. Palea 9-10 mm longa, membranacea, pilosa externus, 2-nervis, margine incurvatus, nervis hispidus. Antherae furcescentes, 2.2-2.8 mm longae. Caryopsis 4-6 mm longa, ellipsoidea, brunnea, canaliculata, apice pilosa. Holotypus: In dedivibus supra Harwan, Kashmir, alt. 2300 m : Gurcharan Singh No. 1623. In Herbario Departmenti Phytologiae, Universitas Kashmiriensis, Srinagar conservatur. Annual herb, 15-40 cm tall, softly hairy all over. Leaves linear, 5-12 cm long, 3-5 mm broad; ligule 1.5-2 mm long with truncate parted apex. Panicle spreading with 4-14 branches; branches slender, flexuous, densely softly hairy, 2-5 cm long. Spikelets drooping, 15-23 mm long (excluding awn), compressed, attenuated above, 6-12 flowered. Lower glume 6-8 mm long, 3-nerved, upper glume 9-11 mm long, 5-7 nerved, both glumes hairy without. Lemma 11-13 mm long, keeled, hairy without, 7-9 nerved, awned; awn subapical, 12-18 mm long, recurved in fruiting; apex of lemma two toothed, teeth 1-1.5 mm lo9ng. Palea 9-10 mm long, hairy without, prominently two ribbed, membraneous, margins incurved, ribs hispid. Anthers brownish, linear, 2.2-2.8 mm long. Caryopsis 4-6 mm long, chocolate brown, ellipsoid, hairy at apex, longitudinally grooved along one side. Holotype: Slopes above Harwan, Kashmir, alt. 2300 m: Gurcharan Singh No. 1623. Deposited in the Herbarium of Botany Department, Kashmir University , Srinagar.
Identification request for this grass species.: 6 images- 4 high res.
Location: Kulgam, Kashmir Any image showing a complete plant? 2 images. I hope Bromus japonicus Bromus japonicus .
. Bromus species for ID from Kashmir-GS26112021-4: 4 high res. images. Looks close to Bromus tectorum L. and Bromus japonicus Thunb. but I guess more matching to Bromus japonicus Thunb. Bromus japonicus
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