New Combinations Within the Briza Complex (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae)

2011·3.7 MB·English

by  Liliana Essi

New Combinations Within the Briza Complex (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae)
Liliana Essi
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Centro de Educatjao Superior Norte do Rio Grande do Sul,
Departamento de Zootecnia e Ciencias Biologicas, Av. Independence 3751, Bairro Vista Alegre,
98300-000 Palmeira das Missoes, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, [email protected]
Hilda Maria Longhi Wagner and Tatiana Teixeira de Souza Chies
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Biociencias, Departamento de Botanica,
Av. Bento Gontjalves 9500, Bairro Agronomia, 91501-970 Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
[email protected], [email protected]
Abstract. Briza L. (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae) is a
1987), or sensu stricto, including only four Eurasian
The genus Briza L. (Linnaeus, 175.'!: Poaceae,
added later, in 1808. Several new South American
(1975) and other authors. The American species.
(Nicora & Rugolo de Agrasar. 1981). Further
1920; Rosengurtt et al., 1968, 1970; Longhi-Wagner.
Matthei (1975) published a revision of Briza, and
Wagner & Souza-Chies, C. brasili-ense (Nees ex the Eurasian species, and distributed the American
brizoides (Lam.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza- authors (Smith et al., 1981; Soreng et al., 2003).
Nicora and Rugolo de Agrasar (1981) described
Wagner & Souza-Chies, C. itatiaiae (Ekman) Essi,
(Ekman) Parodi ex Nicora & Rugolo and M.
(Trin.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies, C. poomorpha (J. Presl) Parodi ex Nicora & Rugolo [as
monandrum (Hack.) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-
Agrasar (1981) accepted Briza with a different
(1975), including not only the Eurasian species, as
(Nees) Essi, Longhi-Wagner & Souza-Chies. The
Novon 21: 326-330. Published on 9 September 2011. doi: 10.3417/2010026
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