Briza
Taxonomic status
Accepted
Occurrence status
Present
Establishment means
Introduced
Tufted annuals or perennials. Leaf-blades flat; ligules membranous. Inflorescence a panicle with capillary branches. Spikelets 4–20-flowered, ovoid or rounded-triangular; glumes 2, persistent, almost round, cordate at base, 3–9-nerved; lemmas resembling glumes, closely overlapping; palea broadly ovate to obovate, shorter than lemma.
20 species from temperate areas in the Northern Hemisphere and South America; 3 naturalised in Australia, 2 in Victoria.
Source:
Walsh, N.G. (1994). Poaceae. In: Walsh, N.G.; Entwisle, T.J., Flora of Victoria Vol. 2, Ferns and Allied Plants, Conifers and Monocotyledons, pp. 356–627. Inkata Press, Melbourne.
Spinning
genus
Briza
