Briza

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Aveneae
Subtribus: Brizinae
Genus: Briza
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).

Synonymy

Homotypic
Tremularia Heist. ex Fabr., Enum.: 207 (1759), nom. illeg.
Heterotypic
Macrobriza (Tzvelev) Tzvelev, Komarovskie Cheniya (Moscow & Leningrad) 37: 32 (1987)
Type species: Briza maxima L. Sp. Pl. 1: 70. (1753)

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 Paywall 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 Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Briza in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 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.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Briza. Published online. Accessed: 21. Sept. 2013.
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

Briza is a genus of annual and perennial plants in the grass family, native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

The group is generally referred to as the quaking grasses because the flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks in the slightest breeze. Some of its members are grown as ornamental plants.[10]

Briza species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Coleophora lixella.

Species[3][11][12][13]

Briza humilis M.Bieb. – from Albania to Iran
Briza marcowiczii Woronow – Turkey, Caucasus
Briza maxima L. – Mediterranean, Azores, Madeira, Canary Islands; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and certain oceanic islands
Briza media L. – Europe, Asia, North Africa, Azores, Canary Islands; naturalized in New Zealand and parts of North America
Briza minor L. – from Azores + Canary Islands to Iran; naturalized in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, the Americas, and certain oceanic islands

Over 100 species formerly included in Briza are now placed in other genera, including Agrostis, Airopsis, Chascolytrum, Desmazeria, Desmostachya, Distichlis, Eragrostis, Glyceria, Halopyrum, Neesiochloa, Poa, Tribolium, Trisetum and Uniola.
See also

List of Poaceae genera

References

lectotype designated by Hitchcock, Prop. Brit. Bot. 120 (1929)
Tropicos, Briza L.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
Linnaeus, Carl von. 1753. Species Plantarum 1: 70-71 in Latin
Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz (2008). "The grass genera of the world: descriptions, illustrations, identification, and information retrieval; including synonyms, morphology, anatomy, physiology, phytochemistry, cytology, classification, pathogens, world and local distribution, and references". The Grass Genera of the World. Retrieved August 19, 2009.
Cabi, E. & M. Doğan. 2012. Poaceae. 690–756. In A. Güner, S. Aslan, T. Ekim, M. Vural & M. T. Babaç (eds.) Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi. Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını, Istanbul
Longhi-Wagner, H. M. 1987. Gramineae. Tribo Poeae, in Fl. Ilust. Rio Grande do Sul. Boletim do Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 41: 1–191
Longhi-Wagner, H. M., V. Bittich, M. das G. L. Wanderley & G. J. Shepherd. 2001. Poaceae. 1: 1–292. In M. G. L. Wanderly, G. J. Shepherd & A. M. Giulietti (eds.) Flora Fanerogâmica do Estado de São Paulo. Editora Hucitec, São Paulo
Benito Valdes & Hildemar Scholz (2006). "The Euro+Med treatment of Gramineae – a generic synopsis and some new names". Willdenowia. 36 (2): 657–669. doi:10.3372/wi.36.36202. JSTOR 3997741. S2CID 86239547.
Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 256 凌风草属 ling feng cao shu Briza Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 1: 70. 1753.
Liliana Essi, Hilda Maria Longhi-Wagner & Tatiana Teixeira de Souza-Chies (2008). "Phylogenetic analysis of the Briza complex (Poaceae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 47 (3): 1018–1029. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2008.03.007. PMID 18439843.
"Briza". The Plant List. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
Altervista Flora Italiana, genere Briza includes photos and distribution maps for the three species B. maxima, B. media and B. minor.