Bromus sect. Penicillus Llamas & Acedo, sect. nova.

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 : 61

2. Bromus sect. Penicillus Llamas & Acedo, sect. nova.

Diagnosis.

Panicle dense, compact, with short branches. The erect spikelets seem to be sessile. Awns more or less divaricate at maturity.

Type.

Bromus rubens L. in Cent. Pl. I: 1 (1755).

Included species.

B. rubens L., B. fasciculatus C.Presl and B. matritensis L.

Distribution.

Southern Europe, temperate Asia and North Africa. Etymology: Named from the Latin “penicillus”, meaning brush, referring to the morphology of the inflorescence, especially in B. rubens , the name of which provides the type.