Briza

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Brizinae
Genus:
Species: B. marcowiczii – B. maxima – B. media – B. minor

Name

Briza L., Sp. Pl. 1: 70 (1753); Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 32 (1754).

Type species: Briza media L., Sp. Pl. 1: 70 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Tremularia Heist. ex Fabr., Enum.: 207 (1759), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
- Calosteca Desv., Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190 (1810), orth. var.
- Chondrachyrum Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 449 (1836).
- Macrobriza (Tzvelev) Tzvelev, Komarovskie Chteniya (Moscow & Leningrad) 37: 32 (1987).
  - Type species: Briza maxima L. Sp. Pl. 1: 70. (1753)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Finland, Føroyar, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Romania, Sicilia, Turkey-in-Europe, Yugoslavia.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Belarus, Baltic States, Krym, Central European Russia, East European Russia, North European Russia, South European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Ukraine.
Continental: Africa
- Regional: Northern Africa
  - Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia.
- Regional: Macaronesia
  - Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira.
- Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa
  - Burundi, Gulf of Guinea Islands (introduced).
- Regional: East Tropical Africa
  - Kenya, Tanzania (introduced).
- Regional: South Tropical Africa
  - Zimbabwe (introduced).
- Regional: Southern Africa
  - Cape Provinces, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Northern Provinces (introduced).
- Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean
  - Ascension, St.Helena (introduced).
- Regional: Western Indian Ocean
  - Mauritius, Madagascar, Réunion (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Siberia
  - Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia.
- Regional: Russian Far East
  - Amur, Primorye (introduced).
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Palestine, Turkey.
- Regional: China
  - China South-Central, China Southeast (introduced), Tibet.
- Regional: Eastern Asia
  - Japan, Korea, Nansei-shoto, Taiwan (introduced).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
- Regional: Indian Subcontinent
  - Assam, East Himalaya, India (introduced), Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka (introduced), West Himalaya.
- Regional: Malesia
  - Jawa, Malaya, Sulawesi (introduced).
- Regional: Papuasia
  - New Guinea (introduced).
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: Australia
  - Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia.
- Regional: New Zealand
  - Chatham Islands, Kermadec Islands, New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Pacific (introduced)
- Regional: South-Central Pacific
  - Easter Islands, Marquesas, Tubuai Islands.
- Regional: North-Central Pacific
  - Hawaii.
Continental: Northern America (introduced)
- Regional: Western Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia.
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec.
- Regional: Northwestern U.S.A.
  - Colorado, Idaho, Oregon, Washington.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont.
- Regional: Southwestern U.S.A.
  - California.
- Regional: South-Central U.S.A.
  - New Mexico, Texas.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia.
- Regional: Mexico
  - Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Mexico Southeast.
Continental: Southern America (introduced)
- Regional: Central America
  - Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama.
- Regional: Caribbean
  - Bermuda, Jamaica.
- Regional: Northern South America
  - Venezuela.
- Regional: Western South America
  - Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru.
- Regional: Brazil
  - Brazil Southeast, Brazil South.
- Regional: Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, Juan Fernández Islands, Uruguay.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 70. Reference page.

Additional references

Essi, L., Longhi-Wagner, H.M. & Souza-Chies, T.T. de. 2008. Phylogenetic analysis of the Briza complex (Poaceae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 1018–1029. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.007 Reference page.
Essi, L., Longhi-Wagner, H.M. & de Souza Chies, T.T. 2017. A Synopsis of Briza, Brizochloa, and Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) 1. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 102(3): 466-519. DOI: 10.3417/2012069 ResearchGate Reference page.
Soreng, R.J. et al. 2003: Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 48: 1-730. BHL Reference page. [See p. 146]
Tkach, N., Schneider, J., Döring, E., Wölk, A., Hochbach, A., Nissen, J., Winterfeld, G., Meyer, S., Gabriel, J., Hoffmann, M.H. & Röser, M. 2020. Phylogenetic lineages and the role of hybridization as driving force of evolution in grass supertribe Poodae. Taxon 69(2): 234–277. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12204 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Briza in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Sept. 11. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Briza. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 21 Sept. 2013. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Briza. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013. Reference page.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Briza.

Vernacular names

čeština: Třeslice
dansk: Hjertegræs-slægten
Deutsch: Zittergräser
English: Quaking Grasses
español: Corazones
suomi: Räpelöt
français: Brize
hornjoserbsce: Třepjetawka
日本語: コバンソウ属
lietuvių: Ašarėlės
Nederlands: Trilgras
polski: Drżączka
русский: Трясунка
Türkçe: Zembil otu
українська: Трясучка
中文: 凌风草属