BRIZA L. - QUAKING GRASS
Scientific Description:
Annual or perennial. Leaves subglabrous, exauriculate; ligule membranous. Inflorescence paniculate. Spikelets borne on filiform pedicels, ovate to ovate-orbicular, laterally compressed, membranous, often nodding, not awned. Florets 4−18. Glumes orbicular to reniform when opened out, divaricate to patent, 3−9-veined. Lemmas suborbicular to reniform, cordate, 7−9-veined. Palea ovate to orbicular, subequal to lemma or shorter, with very narrowly winged keels. Caryopsis broadly obovoid to ellipsoid, dorsally rounded and ventrally flattened; hilum small and ovate.
Reference:
Davis PH (1985). Briza L., In: Davis PH (ed.), Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, 9: 516.
Public Description:
Briza is a genus of annual and perennial plants, commonly known as “quaking grass” and is native to northern temperate regions of Eurasia, North Africa, and certain islands in the Atlantic. There are approximately 22 species in the world and 5 species (5 taxa) in Türkiye. The genus name is referred to as the “quaking grasses” due to this, the flowers and seedheads shake on their stalks. Some species of quaking grasses are grown as ornamental plants, and are also consumed as food by the larvae of some insects.
References:
Anonymous 1 (2016). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briza /,Accessed date: 15.03.2016.
Anonymous 2 (2016). http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/briza.htm/ ,Accessed date: 15.03.2016.
Anonymous 3 (2016). http://www.theplantlist.org/1.1/browse/A/Poaceae/Briza/ Accessed date: 15.03.2016
Cabi E, Doğan M (2012). Briza L., In: Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.), Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul, pp. 701.
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