Bromus ramosus Huds., Fl. Angl.: 40 (1762)

Llamas, Felix & Acedo, Carmen, 2019, Typification of eight current and seven related names and a new section in the genus Bromus (Bromeae, Pooideae, Poaceae), PhytoKeys 121, pp. 53-72 : 60

Bromus ramosus Huds., Fl. Angl.: 40 (1762)

Bromus ramosus Huds., Fl. Angl.: 40 (1762).Type Protologue: "Habitat in sylvis et sepibus frequens". Type: United Kingdom. England: Leighwood, North Somerset. 5 July 1884, White, J.W #s.n., (neotype, designated here: S [S-G-1020!]). (Figure 9)

Remarks.

Hudson (1762: 40) proposed the name Bromus ramosus for the wood Brome-grass from England. The protologue is a short diagnosis " BROMUS panicula ramosa nutante scabra, spiculis linearibus decemfloris arista longioribus, foliis scabris" followed by three polynomials as “synonyms”, but without indication of the geographical area in which the new species lives, except an indication to “Anglia”. As pointed out before, the fire destroyed Hudson’s house as well as his personal herbarium. We were not able to find any sheet that could be "original material". Accordingly, we select a neotype of Bromus ramosus Huds. An annotation label indicates that Carmen Fraile verified and chose it as a neotype in 1994, but this designation was never published (ICN, Art. 7. 10). As this sheet agrees with the protologue, we accept her choice and make it effective here.