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 madritensis subsp. rubens |
| 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) | foxtail cheat; foxtail cheat-grass; foxtail cheat grass; foxtail chess; fox-tail chess; fox tail chess; foxtail brome-grass; foxtail bromegrass; Madrid brome; Madrid brome-grass; Madrid brome grass; Spanish brome; Spanish brome-grass; Spanish brome grass; Spanish bromegrass; compact brome; compact chess |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | foxtail brome, fox-tail brome, fox tail brome, European brome, European brome grass, soft chess, soft brome, soft brome-grass, soft brome grass, annual brome, annual brome-grass, annual brome grass, annual bromegrass, wall brome, wall brome, lesser brome, cheatgrass, cheat-grass, cheat grass, cheat are applied to multiple Bromus taxa |
| | | Notes | Spanish is a proper name, so upper case preferable; foxtail chess, foxtail bromegrass have been applied to both Bromus madritensis s.s. and Bromus rubens; if treated as subspp., then the names apply to Bromus madritensis s.l., rather than either subsp.; if treated as separate species, then the names apply to neither alone |
| Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Bromus rubens L. |
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