G.121. Briza L.

Description of the genus

Annuals (in ours) or perennials. Inflorescence a ± branched panicle with slender pedicels. Spikelets several-many-flowered; glumes ovate-circular, 3-9-nerved, cordate, unawned; lemma subcircular, cordate at base, dorsally rounded, usually saccate, obscurely 7-9-veined, unawned.

Worldwide: 20 species from temperate Eurasia and S America

Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon.

No image of a cultivated species but there is an image of a native or naturalised species

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maxima L.Description, Image

Other sources of information about Briza:

Our websites:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Briza

External websites:

ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Briza
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Briza
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Briza
Wikipedia: Briza
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Briza
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Briza

Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2002-23

Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2023). Flora of Zimbabwe: Cultivated plants: genus page: Briza.
https://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/cult/genus.php?genus_id=124, retrieved 24 March 2023

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