Bromus ripariusRehmann

meadow brome

WFO wfo-0000856374 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Bromus riparius, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. a Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / 2022-05-13 / obs. 197308553
Bromus riparius, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. b Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 155401620
Bromus riparius, photographed by Силаева Татьяна Борисовна
fig. c Силаева Татьяна Борисовна, CC0 1.0 / obs. 153935757
Bromus riparius, photographed by Татьяна Горбушина
fig. d Татьяна Горбушина, CC0 1.0 / obs. 132922143
Bromus riparius, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 171558914
Bromus riparius, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. f Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174678949
Bromus riparius, photographed by Ушкова Дарья
fig. g Ушкова Дарья, CC0 1.0 / obs. 80005628
Bromus riparius, photographed by Елена Патерикина
fig. h Елена Патерикина, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 76395884

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Bromus riparius is native: China North-Central, North Caucasus, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, West Siberia, Albania, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, East European Russia, Greece, Italy, Krym, Northwest European Russia, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, South European Russia, Ukraine China North-CentralNorth CaucasusTranscaucasusTürkiyeWest SiberiaAlbaniaBulgariaCentral European RussiaEast European RussiaGreeceItalyKrymNorthwest European RussiaNW. Balkan Pen.RomaniaSouth European RussiaUkraine
Native distribution of Bromus riparius, 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
Albania ALB EUROPE
Bulgaria BUL
Central European Russia RUC
East European Russia RUE
Greece GRC
Italy ITA
Krym KRY
Northwest European Russia RUW
NW. Balkan Pen. YUG
Romania ROM
South European Russia RUS
Ukraine UKR
China North-Central CHN ASIA-TEMPERATE
North Caucasus NCS
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
West Siberia WSB

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 59 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.

  • Bromopsis calcarea Klokov
  • Bromopsis cimmerica Klokov
  • Bromopsis divaricata (Tzvelev) Czerep.
  • Bromopsis dolichophylla Klokov
  • Bromopsis fibrosa (Hack.) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis glabrata Klokov
  • Bromopsis heterophylla (Klokov) Holub
  • Bromopsis pindica (Hausskn.) Holub
  • Bromopsis pseudocappadocica Klokov
  • Bromopsis riparia (Rehmann) Holub
  • Bromopsis riparia subsp. arenaria (Heuff.) Holub
  • Bromopsis riparia subsp. barcensis (Simonk.) Holub
  • Bromopsis riparia subsp. divaricata (Tzvelev) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis riparia subsp. fibrosa (Hack.) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis riparia subsp. heterophylla (Klokov) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis riparia var. cimmerica (Klokov) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis taurica Sljuss.
  • Bromus angustifolius var. villosellus Borbás
  • Bromus barcensis Simonk.
  • Bromus barcensis var. romanicus (F.Herm.) Todor
  • Bromus dobrogensis Prodan
  • Bromus erectus subsp. barcensis (Simonk.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Bromus erectus subsp. fibrosus (Hack.) Asch. & Graebn.
  • Bromus erectus var. arenarius Heuff.

and 35 more.

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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