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Bromus brevis
Also called Pampas Brome, Short Brome
Bromus brevis, is a species of brome grass endemic also known by the common names pampus brome (English), cebadilla pampeana and cebadilla de la sierra (Spanish - Argentina), and by the indigenous name lanku kachu (Ranquel). It was described by German botanist and zoologist Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck in 1854 in Synopsis plantarum glumacearum.
It is endemic to central and southwest Argentina, and introduced and naturalised in New Zealand and Australia.
The native range of Bromus brevis in Argentina is in the political provinces Buenos Aires, Chubut, Córdoba, Entre Ríos, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, San Juan, San Luis, Santa Cruz and Tucumán. These states are found within the Pampean, Monte, and Patagonian biogeographical provinces.
Being a xeric grass, B. brevis is an important forage and fodder grass in arid and semi-arid regions of Argentina.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bromus brevis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
