Contains 2 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics

Briza L.
QUAKINGGRASS

Classification

POALES
Briza

Citation

BRIZA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 70. 1753.
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TYPE: Briza minor Linnaeus Lectotypified by Nash, in Britton & A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S., ed. 2. 1: 250. 1913.

Species

Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Briza maxima BIG QUAKINGGRASS Not Native
Briza minor LITTLE QUAKINGGRASS Not Native FAC (NWPL)

Identification Key

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms

Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Brizochloa Brizochloa V. Jirásek & Chrtek, Novit Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1966: 40. 1967. TYPE: Brizochloa spicata V. Jirásek & Chrtek 1967. (Briza spicata Sibthorp & Smith 1806, non Burman f. 1768.)
Calosteca Calosteca Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810. TYPE: Calosteca brizoidea Desvaux
Chascolytrum Chascolytrum Desvaux, Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 2: 190. 1810. TYPE: Non designatus.
Macrobriza Macrobriza (Tzvelev) Tzvelev, Komarovskie Chteniya (Moscow & Leningrad) 37: 32. 1987. BASIONYM: Briza Linneeus, sect. Macrobriza Tzvelev, Novost. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 21. 1970. TYPE: Macrobriza maxima (Linnaeus) Tzvelev 1993. (Briza maxima Linnaeus 1753.0
Tremularia Tremularia Heister ex Fabricius, Enum. Pl. 207. 1759. TYPE: = Briza Linnaeus 1753.