Briza media
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Poales |
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| Classification System: APG IV
Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Brizinae
Genus: Briza
Species: Briza media
Name
[edit]Briza media L., Sp. Pl.: 70 (1753).
Synonyms
[edit]- Homotypic
- Poa media (L.) Cav., Elench. Pl. Horti Matr.: 28 (1803).
- Heterotypic
- Briza tremula Lam., Fl. Franç. 3: 587 (1779).
- Briza elatior Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 57 (1806).
- Briza media var. elatior (Sm.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 366 (1852).
- Briza media subsp. elatior (Sm.) Rohlena, Vestn. Král. Ceské Spolecn. Nauk. Tr. Mat.-Prír. 1912: 130 (1912).
- Briza media var. nivea T.Bastard, Essai Fl. Maine et Loire: 41 (1809).
- Briza lutescens Foucault, J. Bot. Agric. 3: t. 24, f. 2 (1814), pro syn.
- Briza clusii Desv., J. Bot. Agric. 3: 211 (1816).
- Briza media var. clusii (Desv.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 14: 179 (1913).
- Briza media var. virens Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 109 (1821 publ. 1822).
- Briza media var. serotina H.C.Hall, Spec. Bot.: 68 (1821).
- Briza media subsp. serotina (H.C.Hall) Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 110 (1824).
- Briza media f. serotina (H.C.Hall) Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 740 (1901).
- Briza media subsp. lutescens Dumort., Observ. Gramin. Belg.: 145 (1824).
- Briza media var. lutescens (Dumort.) Dumort., Fl. Belg.: 157 (1827).
- Briza media var. lutescens Lej., Rev. Fl. Spa: 17 (1824).
- Briza media f. lutescens (Lej.) Holmb., Skand. Fl. 2: 194 (1926).
- Briza media var. albida Lej., Rev. Fl. Spa: 17 (1825).
- Briza media f. albida (Lej.) Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 740 (1901).
- Briza media f. albida (Lej.) Holmb., Skand. Fl. 2: 194 (1926).
- Briza media var. gracilior Spenn., Fl. Friburg. 1: 122 (1825).
- Briza media var. repens Roth, Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 340 (1827).
- Briza media f. repens (Roth) Ghisa in T.Savulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 433 (1972).
- Briza media subvar. pallens Chevall., Fl. Gén. Env. Paris, ed. 2, 2: 823 (1836).
- Briza media var. pallescens Tinant, Fl. Luxemb.: 57 (1836).
- Briza media f. umbrosa Peterm., Fl. Lips. Excurs.: 90 (1838).
- Briza media var. pallens (Chevall.) Boreau, Fl. Centre France 2: 539 (1840).
- Briza viridis Pall. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 226 (1840), pro syn.
- Briza media var. pallescens Döll, Rhein. Fl.: 93 (1843), nom. illeg.
- Briza media var. pallida Blytt, Enum. Pl. Christiania: 65 (1844).
- Briza media var. coarctata Babey, Fl. Jurass. 4: 274 (1846), nom. illeg.
- Briza media var. major Peterm., Anal. Pfl.-Schlüss.: 545 (1846).
- Briza pauciflora Schur, Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(Anh.): 86 (1853), pro syn.
- Briza anceps L. ex Munro, J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 44 (1861), pro syn.
- Briza media var. hirsuta Grognot in Carion, Cat. Rais. Pl. Vasc. Départ. Saône-et-Loire, Suppl.: 100 (1864).
- Briza media var. montana Pancic, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Vereins Wien 6: 590 (1865).
- Briza media var. stolonifera Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 765 (1866).
- Briza pilosa Schur, Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 766 (1866).
- Briza media var. pilosa (Schur) Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 442 (1900).
- Briza media f. pilosa (Schur) Ghisa in T.Savulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 433 (1972).
- Briza compacta Dreer, Gard. Monthly & Hort. 10: 64 (1868).
- Briza media var. violacea Ducommun, Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot.: 872 (1869).
- Briza media var. alpestris Beck, Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 90 (1890).
- Briza media f. alpestris (Beck) Neuman, Sver. Fl.: 740 (1901).
- Briza media f. pauciflora Asch. & Graebn., Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 441 (1900).
- Briza media f. pallescens Murr, Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 20: 56 (1902), nom. illeg.
- Briza media var. horakii Rohlena, Vestn. Král. Ceské Spolecn. Nauk. Tr. Mat.-Prír. 39: 27 (1902).
- Briza media f. intermedia Zapal., Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., ser. 3, 4: 168 (1904).
- Briza media var. dublanensis Zapal., Rozpr. Wydz. Mat.-Przyr. Akad. Umiejetn., Dzial B, Nauki Biol., ser. 3, 4: 168 (1904).
- Briza media f. pumila Junge, Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 22(Beih. 3): 65 (1905).
- Briza media subvar. glomerulosa Murr, Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 18: 105 (1912).
- Briza media var. gracilis Podp., Spisy Prír. Fak. Masarykovy Univ. 12: 9 (1922).
- Briza media subvar. scabriuscula Podp., Kvetena Moravy 6: 182 (1926).
- Briza media var. gracilenta Podp., Kvetena Moravy 6: 182 (1926).
- Briza australis Prokudin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 16: 42 (1954).
- Briza elatior var. australis (Prokudin) Tzvelev, Zlaki SSSR: 522 (1976).
- Briza media f. murrii Soó, Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 118 (1971 publ. 1972).
Distribution
[edit]| Native distribution areas: |
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References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition |
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 70. Reference page.
Additional references
[edit]Links
[edit]- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.
- Tela Botanica (ed.) 2000 onwards: Tela Botanica. Le réseau de la botanique francophone. eFlore. Briza media. Association Tela Botanica, Montpellier, France. Accessed: 2014 Mar 21.
- USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Briza media in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page.
- Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Briza media in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 November 23. Reference page.
- Tropicos.org 2025. Briza media. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 November 2025. Reference page.
- International Plant Names Index. 2025. Briza media. Published online. Accessed: November 23 2025. Reference page.
Vernacular names
[edit]- Deutsch: Mittleres Zittergras
- suomi: Niittyräpelö, räpelö
- magyar: Rezgőfű
- Nederlands: Bevertjes
- polski: Drżączka średnia
- svenska: Darrgräs
- Türkçe: Orta zembil otu