Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
Taxon | Bromus berteroanus |
group | Monocots |
Family | Poaceae |
Family common name(s) | grass; true grass |
Genus common name(s) | bromus; brome; brome-grass; brome grass; bromegrass; bromo; chess; chess-grass; chess grass; chessgrass |
Species common name(s) | Chilean chess; Chilean brome-grass; Chilean brome grass |
| | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | Chilean brome, annual brome, annual brome-grass, annual brome grass, annual bromegrass, cheatgrass, cheat-grass, cheat grass, cheat applied to multiple Bromus taxa |
| Notes | Chilean is a proper name, so upper case preferable |
Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Bromus trinii Desv. var. trinii |
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