Briza humilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Brizinae
Genus: Briza
Species: Briza humilis

Briza humilis M.Bieb., Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 1: 66 (1808).

Homotypic
- Brizochloa humilis (M.Bieb.) Chrtek & Hadač, Candollea 24: 170 (1969).

Heterotypic
- Briza spicata Sm. in J.Sibthorp & J.E.Smith, Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 60 (1806), nom. illeg.
  - Brizochloa spicata Sm. V.Jirásek & Chrtek, Novit. Bot. Delect. Seminum Horti Bot. Univ. Carol. Prag. 1966: 40 (1967).

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kriti (Karpathos), Türkiye-in-Europe.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym.
Continental: Asia-Temperate
- Regional: Caucasus
  - North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
- Regional: Western Asia
  - Cyprus, East Aegean Islands, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon-Syria, Türkiye.

Bieberstein, F.A.M.v. 1808. Flora Taurico-Caucasica, exhibens stirpes phaenogamas :in Chersoneso Taurica et regionibus caucasicis sponte crescentes. Tomus 1. 429 pp. Charkouiae [Kharkov], Typis Academicis. BHL Reference page.
Chrtek, J. & Hadač, E. 1969. A contribution to the grass flora of Iraq. Candollea 24(2): 151–181. DOI: 10.5169/seals-880183 Reference page.

Essi, L., Longhi-Wagner, H.M. & Souza-Chies, T.T.. 2017. A Synopsis of Briza, Brizochloa, and Chascolytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 102(3): 466–519. DOI: 10.3417/2012069 ResearchGate Reference page. [supporting Brizochloa humilis]
Tkach, N., Schneider, J., Döring, E., Wölk, A., Hochbach, A., Nissen, J., Winterfeld, G., Meyer, S., Gabriel, J., Hoffmann, M.H. & Röser, M. 2020. Phylogenetic lineages and the role of hybridization as driving force of evolution in grass supertribe Poodae. Taxon 69(2): 234–277. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12204 Reference page. [supporting Brizochloa humilis]

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Briza humilis 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 humilis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 November 2025. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Briza humilis. Accessed: 23 November 2025.Reference page. [supporting Brizochloa humilis]
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Briza humilis. Published online. Accessed: 13 Sept. 2021. Reference page.