Common name
English: Big Quakinggrass
German: Große Zittergras
Mandarin: 大凌风草 (da ling feng cao)
Portuguese: Campainhas-do-diabo
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Liliopsida (397)
Order: Cyperales (91)
Family: Poaceae (73)(family description)
Genus: Briza (2)
Epithet: maxima L. (4)
Synonym: Briza dalmatica Gand.
dalmatica => historical region of Croatia, on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea
maxima => largest
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: herb
Flower colour: green
External links
Check for Briza maxima at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [910] Briza maxima - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
- [1268] Briza maxima - GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora
Literature
- [38] Burnie, D. (2007): Mediterrane Wildpflanzen. Naturbibliothek, Dorling Kindersley Verlag, München, Germany.