Bromus pectinatusThunb.

WFO wfo-0000856184 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. a Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-09-28 / obs. 98071393
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. b Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 28117956
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. c Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 24661706
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. d Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15416680
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. e Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15185083
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. f Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15166099
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 15168281
Bromus pectinatus, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. h Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 31140588

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Native range 14 botanical countries

Regions where Bromus pectinatus is native: Algeria, Cape Provinces, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Free State, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Mauritania, Morocco, Northern Provinces, Sudan-South Sudan, Uganda AlgeriaCape ProvincesChadEritreaEthiopiaFree StateKenyaLibyaMadagascarMauritaniaMoroccoNorthern ProvincesSudan-South SudanUganda
Native distribution of Bromus pectinatus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Cape Provinces CPP
Chad CHA
Eritrea ERI
Ethiopia ETH
Free State OFS
Kenya KEN
Libya LBY
Madagascar MDG
Mauritania MTN
Morocco MOR
Northern Provinces TVL
Sudan-South Sudan SUD
Uganda UGA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 18 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bromus adoensis Hochst. ex Steud.
  • Bromus adoensis var. velutinus Chiov.
  • Bromus capensis Steud.
  • Bromus garamas Maire
  • Bromus japonicus var. acutidens Melderis
  • Bromus japonicus var. falconeri (Stapf) R.R.Stewart
  • Bromus japonicus var. pectinatus (Thunb.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Bromus japonicus var. vestitus (Schrad.) Halácsy
  • Bromus mollis Thunb.
  • Bromus patulus subsp. sinaicus Hack.
  • Bromus patulus var. falconeri Stapf
  • Bromus patulus var. pectinatus (Thunb.) Stapf
  • Bromus patulus var. vestitus (Schrad.) Stapf
  • Bromus pectinatus var. vestitus (Schrad.) Pénzes
  • Bromus tibesticus Maire
  • Bromus vestitus Schrad.
  • Danthonia anomala Steud.
  • Serrafalcus adoensis (Hochst. ex Steud.) Heldr.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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