Bromus variegatusM.Bieb.

WFO wfo-0000856789 Accepted WFO 2026-06 5 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–e · 2 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 2 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Bromus variegatus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. a Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / 2019-07-17 / obs. 48592029
Bromus variegatus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. b Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49571320
Bromus variegatus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. c Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49571300
Bromus variegatus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. d Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49571308
Bromus variegatus, photographed by Dmitriy Bochkov
fig. e Dmitriy Bochkov, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 49571312

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Native range 8 botanical countries

Regions where Bromus variegatus is native: Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, North Caucasus, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Türkiye, Turkmenistan AfghanistanIranIraqNorth CaucasusTibetTranscaucasusTürkiyeTurkmenistan
Native distribution of Bromus variegatus, 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
Afghanistan AFG ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iran IRN
Iraq IRQ
North Caucasus NCS
Tibet CHT
Transcaucasus TCS
Türkiye TUR
Turkmenistan TKM

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 16 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 variegata (M.Bieb.) Holub
  • Bromopsis variegata subsp. villosula (Steud.) Tzvelev
  • Bromopsis villosula (Steud.) Holub
  • Bromus adjaricus Sommier & Levier
  • Bromus adjarious Sommier & Levier
  • Bromus glaberrimus K.Koch
  • Bromus pubescens K.Koch
  • Bromus variegatus var. laxior Hack.
  • Bromus variegatus var. leiantha Trautv.
  • Bromus variegatus var. muradicus Schischk.
  • Bromus variegatus var. pubescens Trautv. ex Grossh.
  • Bromus variegatus var. subhirsutus Hack.
  • Bromus villosulus Steud.
  • Zerna adjarica (Sommier & Levier) Nevski
  • Zerna variegata (M.Bieb.) Nevski
  • Zerna variegata subsp. villosula (Steud.) Tzvelev

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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