Briza humilis

Briza humilis
Systematics
Order :	Sweet grass (Poales)
Family :	Sweet grasses (Poaceae)
Subfamily :	Pooideae
Tribe :	Poeae
Genre :	Trembling grasses ( Briza )
Type :	Briza humilis
Scientific name
	Briza humilis
	M.Bieb.

Briza humilis is a species of the sweet grassfamily(Poaceae).

description

Briza humilis is an annual Horst Therophyte that reaches heights of 8 to 40 centimeters. The leaves are 1 to 2 millimeters wide. The panicle is narrow and elongated, its branches are pressed. The spikelets are gray, ovate, erect and pointed.

The flowering period extends from May to June.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 14.

Occurrence

Briza humilis occurs in the eastern Mediterranean and the Orient. Their distribution area extends from southeast Europe to Crimea and Iran. On Karpathos the species grows in oak and pine forests, in Phrygana and on fallow land at altitudes of around 500 meters.

supporting documents

literature

Ralf Jahn, Peter Schönfelder: Excursion flora for Crete . With contributions by Alfred Mayer and Martin Scheuerer. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1995, ISBN 3-8001-3478-0 , p. 383 .

Individual evidence

^ Tropicos. [1]
↑ Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Briza humilis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 3, 2016.
↑ C. de Stefani, C.-J. Forsyth Major & W. Barbey 1895: Karpathos. Étude géologique, paleontologique et botanique. - Lausanne: Georges Bridel & Cie Éditeurs, 180 pages + 15 plates.

[Tropicos-1] Tropicos. [1]

[WCSP-2] Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Briza humilis. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved November 3, 2016.

[Karpathos-3] C. de Stefani, C.-J. Forsyth Major & W. Barbey 1895: Karpathos. Étude géologique, paleontologique et botanique. - Lausanne: Georges Bridel & Cie Éditeurs, 180 pages + 15 plates.