See other conspecific taxa:

• Bromus catharticus (0 accessions)
• Bromus catharticus var. elatus (0 accessions)
• Bromus catharticus var. rupestris (0 accessions)

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations:

(≡ homotypic synonym, = heterotypic synonym, - autonym, I invalid designation)

• (-) Bromus catharticus subsp. catharticus Vahl
• (=) Bromus haenkeanus (J. Presl) Kunth
• (=) Bromus mathewsii Steud.
• (=) Bromus schraderi Kunth
• (=) Bromus strictus Brongn.
• (=) Bromus tacna Steud. ex Lechl., nom. nud.
• (=) Bromus unioloides Kunth
• (=) Bromus unioloides var. unioloides Kunth
• (=) Bromus willdenowii Kunth
• (=) Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter
• (=) Ceratochloa haenkeana J. Presl
• (=) Ceratochloa unioloides (Willd.) P. Beauv.
• (=) Festuca unioloides Willd.

Common names:

• prairie grass  (Source: Dict Rehm) - English
• rescue grass  (Source: World Econ Pl) - English
• Schrader's bromegrass  (Source: Grass US) - English
• brome de Schrader  (Source: Dict Rehm) - French
• Horntrespe  (Source: Dict Rehm) - German
• bromo di Schrader  (Source: Mult Glossary Crops) - Italian
• bromo-de-Schrader  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Portuguese
• cebadilla  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• cebadilla australiana  (Source: Novon) - Spanish
• cebadilla criolla  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• triguillo  (Source: Dict Rehm) - Spanish
• plattlosta  (Source: Kulturvaxtdatabas) - Swedish
• bian sui que mai  (Source: F ChinaEng) - Transcribed Chinese

Economic Importance:

• Animal food: forage (for winter)
• Environmental:
• Weed: potential seed contaminant

Distributional Range:

Native

Southern America

• NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela [Federal District, Lara, Merida]
• BRAZIL: Brazil [Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo]
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, [Cochabamba, La Paz, Oruro, Potosí] Colombia, [Antioquia, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Norte de Santander, Nariño] Ecuador, Peru
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, [Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Córdoba, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Jujuy, La Rioja, Salta, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Fe, Tucumán] Chile, [Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Región Metropolitana de Santiago] Paraguay, Uruguay


Cultivated

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia (s.)

Northern America

• United States (s.e.)

Southern America

• BRAZIL: Brazil (s.)
• WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Colombia
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Uruguay


Naturalized

Africa

• EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
• SOUTHERN AFRICA: Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa

Asia-Temperate

• CHINA: China

Australasia

• AUSTRALIA: Australia
• NEW ZEALAND: New Zealand

Northern America

• Canada, Mexico, United States

Southern America

• CARIBBEAN: Haiti, Jamaica
• SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Chile

References:

1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource). Note: = Bromus catharticus
2. Alderson, J. & W. C. Sharp. 1995. Grass varieties in the United States, U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 170, rev. ed. CRC Press. Note: Revised version of AH 170
3. CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland. Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988) Note: four books on weeds worldwide in scope
4. FNA Editorial Committee. 1993-. Flora of North America.
5. Gibbs-Russell, G. E. et al. 1990. Grasses of southern Africa. Mem. Bot. Surv. S. Africa vol. 58
6. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6 Note: = Bromus willdenowii Kunth
7. Hitchcock, A. S. 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States, ed. 2.
8. Howell, C. J. & J. W. D. Sawyer. 2006. New Zealand naturalised vascular plant checklist Note: = Bromus catharticus
9. Peterson, P. M. & A. M. Planchuelo. 1998. Bromus catharticus in South America (Poaceae: Bromeae). Novon 8:56-59.
10. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
11. Randall, R. P. 2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status. Note: = Bromus catharticus
12. Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
13. Soreng, R. J. et al. 2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:160.
14. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. Note: = Bromus unioloides Willd.
15. Ugarte, E. et al. 2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-382. Note: = Bromus catharticus
16. Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia. 2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123. Note: = Bromus catharticus
17. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition). Note: = Bromus catharticus
18. Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: http://gringlobal.iita.org/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=423745. Accessed 4 October 2024.