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(Taranto & Gerbino 1845); Piana di Catania (Cosentini) (Nicotra 1890 a); Palermo (Todaro)
(Nicotra & Campagna 1908); Trapani, Catalfano, Castelbuono, Palermo, Cannata, Marianapoli,
Pizzuta, Ddingoli, Maccalubi, ?Villabate (Lojacono 1909); Siracusa (Zodda 1929). – C.
2828. Bromus intermedius Guss., Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 114 (1827) [Serrafalcus intermedius
Lojac.; ?incl. S. hughii Lojac.]
Dry grazing lands, uncultivated land, vineyards. – Palermo a Baida, Ficuzza, Piana (Gussone
1827); Pizzuta, M. Occhio, Madonie a M. Scalone, Quacedda (Parlatore) (Gussone 1843);
Montesori a Barrilà (Zodda), Tra Mirto e Caprì (Todaro), Porto Empedocle (Solla) (Nicotra &
Campagna 1908); Capizzi, Montesori a Barrilà (Zodda 1908); Madonie Piano Battaglia, Etna,
Villabate, tra Mirto e Capri (lege: Caprileone!) (Lojacono 1909); Siracusa (Zodda 1929); Sutera,
Castellana Sicula in Contrada Valanche, Rifesi (Venturella & al. 1984); Kumeta (Raimondo &
al. 2004). – C.
2829. Ceratochloa cathartica (Vahl) Herter in Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 144 (1940) [Bas.
Bromus catharticus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 22 (1791); Bromus willdenowii Kunth;
Ceratochloa unioloides P. Beauv.]
Introduced as forage plant. – Native to South America, naturalized in Messina (Sommier 1907);
Confirmed at Piana di Milazzo (Seguenza) (Nicotra & Campagna 1908). Trovata anche nel
Palermitano a Cardillo, Fondo Carramusa, S. Maria di Gesù, Pallavicino (Raimondo & Ottonello
1976); Palermitano Ficarazzi: Contrada Grasso, Carini: Contrade Margi e Mannino, Palermo:
Contrada Riso alla Circonvallazione + Via Oreto Nuova + Favorita + Cruillas al Fondo Magno
+ Contrada Benfratelli (Raimondo & al. 1979); Fiume Oreto (Traina & Marcenò 2001). A weed
of wet ground. Plenty at Marina di Cottone and Mascali in Catania area! – R.

2830. Brachypodium sylvaticum (Huds.) P. Beauv., Agrost.: 101, 155 (1812) [Bas.
Festuca sylvatica Huds., Fl. Angl.: 38 (1762); “F. gracilis” sensu Guss., Fl. Sicul.
Prodr. 1: 109 (1827)]
Broadleaf woods. – Throughout the region. – C.

* Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) P. Beauv., Agrost.: 101, 155 (1812) [Bas. Bromus pinnatus
L., Sp. Pl.: 78 (1753); Brachypodium loliaceum (Ten.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed.
15, 2: 740 (1817) non (Huds.) P. Beauv. (1812); “Festuca pinnata” sensu Guss. (1827);
Festuca ramosa Guss. (1827: 110) non Roth]
Quoted in Pignatti (1982), but not distinct from the following in pub. auct. Fl. Sic. To be exclud-
ed from the Sicilian flora according to Banfi (in litteris 2004), it is a continental species rare in
some mountain districts. It may be re-identified with B. genuense (DC.) Roem. & Schult. or with
B. caespitosum (Host) Roem. & Schult. – Dry meadows, scrubland, slopes. – Throughout hilly
and mountain region. – Felicuri, Pantelleria, Sferracavallo, Acquedolci (Gussone 1843); M. S.
Giuliano (ex herb. PAL) (Ponzo 1900); Messina (Zodda 1908); Siracusa (Zodda 1929); Madonie:
Petralia Sottana a Portella Maruggi (Schicchi & al. 1990); M. Catarineci (Raimondo & al. 2004).
– C.

2831. Brachypodium rupestre (Host) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15, 2: 736 (1817)
[Bas. Bromus rupestris Host, Icon. Descr. Gram. Austriac. 4: 10, tab. 17 (1809)]
Mountain grazing lands, edges of woods. – Throughout the mountains.
2832. Brachypodium phoenicoides (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. ed. 15, 2: 740 (1817)