Briza maxima

Family	Poaceae (alt. Gramineae)
Scientific name	Briza maxima L.
Synonyms	Briza capensis Schrank, non Thunberg; Briza dalmatica Gandoger; Briza gracilescens Gandoger; Briza grandis Salisbury; Briza major C. Presl; Briza maxima L. var. fusca Merino; Briza maxima L. var. glabriflora Rohlena; Briza maxima L. var. hirsuta Dommergue; Briza maxima L. var. monspessulana (Gouan) Gouan ex Koeler, non Steudel; Briza maxima L. var. pubescens Mutel; Briza maxima L. var. rubra (Lamarck) Ascherson & Graebner; Briza microclada Gandoger; Briza monspessulana Gouan; Briza portenschlagii Gandoger; Briza rubens Poiret; Briza rubra Lamrck; Macrobriza maxima (L.) Tzvelev; Poa maxima (L.) Cavanilles
Common name	(Japanese common name) koban-sou [oval gold coin grass]
	(English common name) big quaking grass, great quaking grass, large quaking grass, rattlesnake grass
Distribution	(Japan) Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
	(Other nations) [native] Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Albania, Bulgaria, Sloveniya, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Tunisia
Chromosomal number	2n=14
Description	Culms 10-60cm. Leaves 5-25cm length, 1-8mm width. Flowers spikelets 8-25mm, flowering in May to July (sometimes also in autumn and winter). Annual plants.
Reference	Briza maxima L.
	Briza maxima Linnaeus
	Briza maxima
	DNA encoding biocidal proteins (US Patent 5691199/1997)
	Biocidal proteins (US Patent 5597801/1997)
	Antimicrobial proteins from aralia and impatiens (US Patent 5861480/1999)
	Transgenic plants expressing biocidal proteins (US Patent 5986176/1999)
	DNA encoding antimicrobial proteins from impatiens (US Patent 6150588/2000)
	Biocidal proteins (US Patent 6521590/2003)
Note	Naturalized plants (introduced as garden plants, first recorded in 1884)

May 2007 at lowland forest edge

January 2007 at lowland forest edge	November 2006 at lowland forest edge	November 2006 at lowland forest edge