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Bromus tectorum  L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 40524

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Plantae  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Anisantha tectorum (L.) Nevski
  
    Bromus tectorum var. glabratus Spenn.
  
    Bromus tectorum var. hirsutus Regel
  
    Bromus tectorum var. tectorum L.
  
    Bromus tectorum var. nudus Klett & Richt.
  
    Bromus nutans St.-Lag.
  
    Bromus setaceus Buckley
  
    Genea tectorum (L.) Dumort.
  
    Schedonorus tectorum (L.) Fr.
  
    Zerna tectorum (L.) Panz.
  
    Zerna tectorum (L.) Panz. ex B.D. Jacks.
  
    Bromus tectorum f. nudus (Klett & Richt.) H. St. John
  
  Common Name(s): cheatgrass
 
    cheat grass
 
    downy brome
 
    early chess
 
    military grass
 
    wild oats
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomPlantae  – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants  
    SubkingdomViridiplantae  – green plants  
       InfrakingdomStreptophyta  – land plants  
          SuperdivisionEmbryophyta   
             DivisionTracheophyta  – vascular plants, tracheophytes  
                SubdivisionSpermatophytina  – spermatophytes, seed plants, phanérogames  
                   ClassMagnoliopsida   
                      SuperorderLilianae  – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotylédones  
                         OrderPoales   
                            FamilyPoaceae  – grasses, graminées  
                               GenusBromus L. – brome, brome spp.  
                                  SpeciesBromus tectorum L. – cheatgrass, cheat grass, downy brome, early chess, military grass, wild oats  
       

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  Source: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)  
  Acquired: 2009   
  Notes: Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html   
  Reference for: Bromus tectorum   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Bromus tectorum   
       
  Source: Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)  
  Acquired: 2010   
  Notes: Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources   
  Reference for: Bromus tectorum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Bromus tectorum   
       
  Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)  
  Acquired: 2000   
  Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov   
  Reference for: Bromus tectorum   
       
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: North America  
    Oceania  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Continental US, Introduced  
    Hawaii, Introduced  
    Alaska, Introduced  
 

 

    

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