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Internal ID UUID64402efe508d1379096468
Scientific name Briza maxima
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 70 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Briza capensis Schrank Pl. Rar. Hort. Monac. : t. 43 (1819)
Briza dalmatica Gand. Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 35 (1883)
Briza gracilescens Gand. Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 34 (1883)
Briza grandis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 21 (1796)
Briza major C.Presl Cyper. Gramin. Sicul. : 42 (1820)
Briza maxima f. concolor Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 3: 103 1955
Briza maxima f. discolor Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 3: 103 1955
Briza maxima f. rubra (Lam.) Maire in Fl. Afr. Nord 3: 103 1955
Briza maxima f. unicolor Maire & Weiller in Fl. Afr. Nord 3: 103 1955
Briza maxima var. fusca Merino Fl. Galicia 3: 328. 1909
Briza maxima var. glabriflora Rohlena Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1911: 130.
Briza maxima var. hirsuta Doum. Rev. Bot. Bull. Mens. 4: 148. 1886
Briza maxima var. monspessulana (Gouan) Griseb. Spic. Fl. Rumel. 2: 442. 1846
Briza maxima var. pubescens Mutel Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 71. 1837
Briza maxima var. rubra (Lam.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 440. 1900
Briza microclada Gand. Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 35 (1883)
Briza monspessulana Gouan Hortus Monsp. : 45 (1762)
Briza montana Brouss. Elench. Horti Bot. Monspel. : ? (1804)
Briza portenschlagii Gand. Contr. Fl. Terr. Slav. Merid. 1: 34 (1883)
Briza pulchella Kunth Révis. Gramin. 1: 120 (1829)
Briza pulchella Kunth ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 283. 1854 (1854)
Briza rubens Poir. Encycl. , Suppl. 1: 699 (1811)
Briza rubra Lam. Tabl. Encycl. i. 187. 1791
Macrobriza maxima (L.) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 78(10): 91 (1993)
Poa maxima (L.) Cav. Descr. Pl. : 314 (1802)
Briza maxima var. pubescens (Doum.) Nicotra 398 398 1878
Briza maxima var. monspessulana (Gouan) Gouan ex Koel. Descr. Gram. 154 1802

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Language Common/alternative name
English big quakinggrass
Arabic بريزة كبيرة
Belarusian Дрыжнік вялікі
Bulgarian едра сълзица
Czech třeslice větší
Welsh crydwellt mawr
German großes zittergras
Estonian suur värihein
Finnish isoräpelö
French grande brize
Galician tremedeira
Italian sonaglino maggiore
Japanese コバンソウ
Kabyle timeẓwanin
Malayalam ബ്രിസ മാക്സിമ
Dutch groot trilgras
Polish drżączka większa
Russian Трясунка большая
Swedish italienskt darrgräs
Turkish büyük zembil otu
Chinese 大凌风草

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- Extinct
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  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
    • Macaronesia
      • Azores
      • Canary Islands
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Egypt
      • Libya
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Northern Provinces
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Mauritius
      • Réunion
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Primorye
    • Western Asia
      • Cyprus
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • India
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Malesia
      • Jawa
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • Norfolk Island
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia
    • New Zealand
      • Chatham Islands
      • New Zealand North
      • New Zealand South
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • South European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Czechoslovakia
    • Northern Europe
      • Great Britain
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain
  • Northern America
    • Eastern Canada
      • Ontario
      • Québec
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Wisconsin
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Massachusetts
      • Michigan
      • New Jersey
      • New York
      • Vermont
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Colorado
      • Oregon
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Florida
      • Georgia
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California
    • Western Canada
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • South-central Pacific
      • Marquesas
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil South
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Bermuda
      • Jamaica
    • Central America
      • Guatemala
      • Honduras
    • Southern South America
      • Argentina Northeast
      • Argentina Northwest
      • Argentina South
      • Chile Central
      • Chile North
      • Chile South
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Uruguay
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Ecuador

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000854743
Canadensys 7445
USDA Plants BRMA
Tropicos 25509371
INPN 86489
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:393293-1
The Plant List kew-400234
Plantarium 6867
Open Tree Of Life 188824
Observations.org 23706
NCBI Taxonomy 29665
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002567
Nature Serve 2.146970
IPNI 393293-1
iNaturalist 57157
GBIF 2702792
Freebase /m/03cgrqy
EPPO BRZMA
EOL 1114041
Elurikkus 207043
Calflora (Californian flora) 1165
USDA GRIN 7725
Wikipedia Briza_maxima

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Using Analytic Hierarchy Process to Assess Beekeeping Suitability in Portuguese Controlled Areas: A First Approach Roque N, Fernandez P, Silveira C, Vilas-Boas M, Anjos O Insects 29-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10888816
doi:10.3390/insects15020091
PMID:38392511
Synecology of Lagoecia cuminoides L. in Italy and evaluation of functional compounds presence in its water or hydroalcoholic extracts Perrino EV, Mahmoud ZN, Valerio F, Tomaselli V, Wagensommer RP, Trani A Sci Rep 27-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10684886
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-48065-w
PMID:38017138
Endophytic Fungal Diversity in Cirsium kawakamii from Taiwan Chen YJ, Chen HJ, Chung WH J Fungi (Basel) 03-Nov-2023
PMCID:PMC10671896
doi:10.3390/jof9111076
PMID:37998881
Evaluation of Anticancer Activity of 76 Plant Species Collected in Andalusia (Spain) against Lung Cancer Cells Jiménez-González V, Benítez G, Pastor JE, López-Lázaro M, Calderón-Montaño JM Plants (Basel) 15-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10536323
doi:10.3390/plants12183275
PMID:37765439
The role of SWEET4 proteins in the post-phloem sugar transport pathway of Setaria viridis sink tissues Chen L, Ganguly DR, Shafik SH, Danila F, Grof CP, Sharwood RE, Furbank RT J Exp Bot 08-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10560085
doi:10.1093/jxb/erad076
PMID:36883216
Crocus speciosus (Iridaceae)—A New Species for the Bulgarian Flora Apostolova-Kuzova E, Stoyanov K, Raycheva T, Naimov S Plants (Basel) 17-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9965344
doi:10.3390/plants12040932
PMID:36840280
Review of the Neotropical Species of the Elachista praelineata Species Group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) with Identification Keys and Description of a New Species from Bolivia Sruoga V, Havelka J Insects 09-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9863831
doi:10.3390/insects14010062
PMID:36661990
Effects of Prickly Burnet (Sarcopoterium spinosum (L.) Spach.) Control and Sheep Grazing on Hay Yield and Quality on Gökçeada Island, Turkey Alatürk F, Gökkuş A, Özaslan Parlak A, Baytekin H, Tölü C Animals (Basel) 08-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9686760
doi:10.3390/ani12223073
PMID:36428300
Impacts of the Invasive Alien Carpobrotus spp. on Coastal Habitats on a Mediterranean Island (Giglio Island, Central Italy) Mugnai M, Benesperi R, Viciani D, Ferretti G, Giunti M, Giannini F, Lazzaro L Plants (Basel) 21-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9609148
doi:10.3390/plants11202802
PMID:36297826
Biodiversity in Urban Areas: The Extraordinary Case of Appia Antica Regional Park (Rome, Italy) Iamonico D Plants (Basel) 15-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9414419
doi:10.3390/plants11162122
PMID:36015425
Hololectin Interdomain Linker Determines Asparaginyl Endopeptidase-Mediated Maturation of Antifungal Hevein-Like Peptides in Oats Loo S, Tay SV, Kam A, Lee W, Tam JP Front Plant Sci 10-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9127739
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.899740
PMID:35620686
The Plant Communities of the Class Isoëto-Nanojuncetea in Sicily Brullo S, Brullo C, Sciandrello S, Tavilla G, Cambria S, Tomaselli V, Ilardi V, Giusso del Galdo G, Minissale P Plants (Basel) 29-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9104982
doi:10.3390/plants11091214
PMID:35567216
Diet Selection by the Italian Hare (Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898) in Two Protected Coastal Areas of Latium Freschi P, Fascetti S, Riga F, Rizzardini G, Fortebraccio M, Ragni M, Paolino R, Cosentino C Animals (Basel) 09-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8944817
doi:10.3390/ani12060687
PMID:35327084
Comparative and Phylogenetic Analysis Based on the Chloroplast Genome of Coleanthus subtilis (Tratt.) Seidel, a Protected Rare Species of Monotypic Genus Ren J, Tian J, Jiang H, Zhu XX, Mutie FM, Wanga VO, Ding SX, Yang JX, Dong X, Chen LL, Cai XZ, Hu GW Front Plant Sci 24-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8908325
doi:10.3389/fpls.2022.828467
PMID:35283921
Defense mechanisms involving secondary metabolism in the grass family Ishihara A J Pestic Sci 20-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8640679
doi:10.1584/jpestics.J21-05
PMID:34908899

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