Bromus hordeaceus

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Family Poaceae

Taxonomy: Bromus hordeaceus L.

Synonyms: 13 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bromus hordeaceus L. subsp. hordeaceus (nomenclatural synonym)
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. molliformis (J.Lloyd ex Billot) Maire & Weiller (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. pseudothominei (P.M.Sm.) H.Scholz (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus hordeaceus subsp. pseudothominii H.Scholz (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus molliformis J.Lloyd (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus molliformis J.Lloyd ex Billot (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus mollis L. (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus mollis var. glabrata Ross (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus x pseudothominei P.M.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Bromus x pseudothominii P.M.Sm. (taxonomic synonym)
Serrafalcus hordeaceus (L.) Gren. & Godr. (nomenclatural synonym)
Serrafalcus molliformis (J.Lloyd ex Billot) F.W.Schultz (taxonomic synonym)
Serrafalcus mollis (L.) Parl. (nomenclatural synonym)

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Bromus thominii Hardouin (misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA (naturalised), SA (naturalised), Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised), ACT (naturalised), Vic (naturalised), Tas (naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, SA eFlora, Vic Flora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ABRS_2022 (4), ABRS_2023 (8), Burrows_2008_2 (4), Burrows_2020 (4), Cheal_2017 (8), Doherty_2021 (3), Mokany_2008 (67), NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (8), NHNSW_2023 (8), NSWFRD_2014 (2), OReillyNugent_2018 (1), Purdie_1976 (6), RBGV_2022 (4), RBGV_2023 (8), SAH_2022 (4), SAH_2023 (5), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Standish_2019 (6), WAH_2022_1 (4), WAH_2022_2 (3), WAH_2023_1 (2), WAH_2023_2 (3), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Yang_2023 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 47 traits from 175 records in 26 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (8) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; Doherty_2021; NSWFRD_2014; Purdie_1976; Standish_2019; Yang_2023]
post_fire_recruitment (categorical): post_fire_recruitment (3) [sources: Cheal_2017; Purdie_1976; Yang_2023]
fire_time_from_fire_to_flowering (numerical): 6 mo (6-6 mo) [sources: Burrows_2020]

flower morphology

sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

fruit morphology

fruit_type (categorical): caryopsis (8) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; Sjostrom_2006; WAH_2023_1; WAH_2023_2]
fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]

leaf morphology

leaf_area (numerical): 141.27 mm2 (36.67-495.95 mm2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_length (numerical): 101.47 mm (23-220 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 4.87 mm (2.12-8 mm) [sources: Mokany_2008; ABRS_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 5.48 mg (1.2-21 mg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 32.89 g/m2 (27.42-42.34 g/m2) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_mass_fraction (numerical): 0.15 g/g (0.06-0.27 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.24 g/g (0.23-0.27 g/g) [sources: Mokany_2008]
leaf_base_shape (categorical): sheathing (1) [sources: ABRS_2023]
leaf_margin (categorical): toothed (1) [sources: RBGV_2023]
leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
leaf_lamina_posture (categorical): flat (2) [sources: RBGV_2023; SAH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (4) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023]
leaf_inclination_angle (numerical): 80.6 deg (74-87 deg) [sources: Mokany_2008]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (6) [sources: ABRS_2023; NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_1]

life history

photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Mokany_2008]
plant_growth_form (categorical): graminoid (9); herb (7) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; NSWFRD_2014; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
life_form (categorical): therophyte (2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Purdie_1976]
life_history (categorical): annual (13); biennial (3); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: ABRS_2022; Burrows_2008_2; Burrows_2020; Cheal_2017; NHNSW_2022; Purdie_1976; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; Standish_2019; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2023]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (8) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1; WAH_2022_2; Wenk_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): caespitose (2); erect (4) [sources: ABRS_2022; NHNSW_2022; RBGV_2022; SAH_2022; WAH_2022_1]
nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (2) [sources: Mokany_2008; Standish_2019]
root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Standish_2019]
reproductive_maturity (numerical): 0.5 a (0.5-0.5 a) [sources: Burrows_2020]
flowering_time (categorical): nnnnnnnnyyyn (2) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
seedbank_location (categorical): soil_seedbank (2) [sources: Doherty_2021; Standish_2019]
seedbank_longevity_class (categorical): transient (1) [sources: Cheal_2017]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (2) [sources: Burrows_2008_2; Doherty_2021]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.72 m (0.1-1 m) [sources: NHNSW_2023; RBGV_2023; SAH_2023; WAH_2023_2]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
Mokany_2008	19	67	K. Mokany and J. Ash. “Are traits measured on pot grown plants representative of those in natural communities?”. Journal of Vegetation Science 19 (2008), pp. 119-126. doi: 10.3170/2007-8-18340.
ABRS_2023	6	8	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Cheal_2017	8	8	D. Cheal. Growth stages and tolerable fire intervals for Victoria's native vegetation data sets. Fire and adaptive management, report no. 84. Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment Melbourne, 2010.
NHNSW_2022	4	8	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
NHNSW_2023	4	8	N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2023	8	8	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
Purdie_1976	6	6	R. W. Purdie and R. O. Slatyer. “Vegetation succession after fire in sclerophyll woodland communities in south-eastern Australia”. Australian Journal of Ecology 1 (1976), pp. 223-236.
Standish_2019	6	6	R. Standish. “Unpublished data: Jarrah forest, Murdoch University”. 2019.
SAH_2023	4	5	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
ABRS_2022	4	4	Australian Biological Resources Study. Flora of Australia, Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.ausflora.org.au.
Burrows_2008_2	4	4	N. D. Burrows, G. Wardell-Johnson, and B. Ward. “Post-fire juvenile period of plants in south-west Australia forests and implications for fire management”. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 91 (2008), pp. 163-174. ISSN: 0035922X. url: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19156 (visited on 03/27/2025).
Burrows_2020	4	4	N. Burrows. Data from 'Plant Ecological Attributes' theme, NatureMap, DBCA, WA. 2020.
NHNSW_2014_2	2	4	Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
RBGV_2022	4	4	VicFlora. Flora of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/.
SAH_2022	4	4	S. H. of South Australia. eFlora of SA, Electronic Flora of South Australia. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_2006	4	4	A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
WAH_2022_1	4	4	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Doherty_2021	3	3	M. Doherty. “Fire Severity and Plant Community Dynamics in the Australian Alps, Southeastern New South Wales”. PhD. Australian National University, 2021. url: http://hdl.handle.net/1885/224564.
WAH_2022_2	3	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2022. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
WAH_2023_2	2	3	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
NSWFRD_2014	2	2	B. Kenny, C. Orscheg, E. Tasker, M. A. Gill, and R. Bradstock. NSW Flora Fire Response Database, v2.1. database. NSW Department of Planning Industry and Environment, 2014.
WAH_2023_1	2	2	Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora.. accessed on 14 September, 2022.. 2023. url: https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/.
Wenk_2022	2	2	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
Yang_2023	2	2	S. Yang. “Unpublished data: Fire response traits scored from national and state floras and the taxonomic literature, University of New South Wales”. 2023.
OReillyNugent_2018	1	1	A. O'Reilly-Nugent, E. Wandrag, C. Catford, B. Gruber, D. Driscoll, and R. Duncan. “Measuring competitive impact: Joint-species modelling of invaded plant communities”. Journal of Ecology 108 (2018), pp. 449-459.
Wenk_2023	1	1	E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.