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Ver. 25.01
Jan. 12th, 2024

175.0000 Family Poaceae Barnhart; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7 (1895), nom. cons., nom. alt.
ca. 800 genera, ca. 12.000 spp. worldwide. Systematics following Soreng et al. (2017) and Soreng et al. (2022)
Species listed in database: 12106; hybrids: 387
= Aegilopaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 221 (1820)
= Agrostidaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Alopecuraceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 19 (1820)
= Andropogonaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 28 (1820)
= Anomochloaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.]: 222 (1943)
= Anthoxanthaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Arundinaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. 60 (1843)
= Arundinellaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 136 (1940)
= Asperellaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 270 (1827)
= Avenaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 60. 31 (1820)
= Bambusaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Bromaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Cenchraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 9, 268 (1827)
= Chaeturaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 106, 269 (1827)
= Chloridaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Chondrosaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Coleanthaceae Pfeiff.; Nomencl. Bot. [Pfeiffer] 1(2): 818. ante (1873)
= Cynodontaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 51, 269 (1827)
= Cynosuraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271, 272 (1827)
= Echinariaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Ehrhartaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Eragrostidaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Festucaceae Spreng.; J. Sadler, Fl. Comit. Pest. 1: 28 (1825)
= Glyceriaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 271 (1827)
= Gramineae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 28 (1789), nom. cons.
= Holcaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 252 (1833)
= Hordeaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Laguraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Lepturaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 147 (1940)
= Loliaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 6, 267 (1827)
= Melicaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 390 (1820)
= Miliaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 91, 270 (1827)
= Nardaceae Martinov; Tekhno-Bot. Slovar 413 (1820)
= Olyraceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Ophiuraceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 3, 268 (1827)
= Oryzaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Panicaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Pappophoraceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 145 (1940)
= Parianaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.]: 222 (1943)
= Paspalaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 47, 269 (1827)
= Phalaridaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 2: 250 (1833)
= Pharaceae Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 139 (1940)
= Phleaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 269 (1827)
= Saccharaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 265 (1820)
= Sesleriaceae Döll; Rhein. Fl. 60 (1843)
= Spartinaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 46, 268 (1827)
= Stipaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Prír. Rostlin 264 (1820)
= Streptochaetaceae Nakai; Chosakuronbun Mokuroku [Ord. Fam. Trib. Nov.]: 222 (1943)
= Triticaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 22, 268 (1827)
= Zeaceae A.J.Kern.; Pflanzenleben 2: 651 (1891)
= Zoysiaceae Link; Hort. Berol. [Link] 1: 8, 268 (1827)
175.4453 Genus Melica L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 66 (1753)
Distribution: Temperate regions and montane areas of tropics, excl. Australia, many in Andes. Species delimitation in the Mediterranean remains highly controversial.
Species listed in database: 93; hybrids: 5
= Beckeria Bernh.; Syst. Verz. Pfl. 20, 40 (1800)
= Bromelica (Thurb.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 77 (1919)
= Claudia Opiz ex Panz.; Denkschr. Bot. Ges. 2: 177 (1808)
= Dalucum Adans.; Fam. Pl. [Adanson] 2: 34, 548 (1763)
= Verinea Merino; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 28(Mem.): 8 (1899), nom. illeg.
species :
Melica altissima L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 66 (1753)
Name: Hohes Perlgras (EN), Siberian melicgrass (DE)
Distribution: Germany [I]; Austria; Czech Republic [I]; Slovakia; Hungary; Croatia; ?Bosnia & Hercegovina; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; NW-Bulgaria; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Iran (Iranian Aserbaijan); China (Xinjiang); Canada [I] (Ontario [I]); USA [I] (New York [I], Oklahoma [I])
11 AUT cze ger HUN SLO 13 BUL CRO KOS ROM SRB 14 KRY RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN 36 CHI 72 cdn 74 usa 75 usa
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica altissima f. setulosa Zapal.; 156 (1905)
= Melica altissima var. atropurpurea Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 322 (1932)
= Melica altissima var. interrupta Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 78 (1805)
= Melica altissima var. interrupta Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach] 1: 30 (1834), nom. illeg.
= Melica sibirica Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791)
species :
Melica amethystina Pourr.; Mem. Acad. Toul. 3: 322 (1788)
Distribution: C- & NE-Spain; Baleares (Mallorca); France; Corsica; Italy; Croatia
12 BAL COR FRA SPA 13 CRO ITA
Remarks: nutans agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Dalucum bauhini (All.) Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 351 (1901)
= Melica bauhini All.; Auct. Fl. Pedem. 43 (1789)
= Melica bauhini var. setacea (Pers.) Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 312 (1932)
= Melica ciliata subsp. bauhini (All.) Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 364 (1894)
= Melica setacea Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 78 (1805)
species :
Melica animarum Muj.-Sall. & M.Marchi; Novon 15(2): 339 (2005)
Distribution: Uruguay (Maldonado)
85 URU
species :
Melica argentata É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 374 (1853)
Distribution: Chile (Antofagasta, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica ampla Phil.; Linnaea 33: 292 (1864)
= Melica argentata var. breviglumis Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 120 (1928)
= Melica glabra Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1854), nom. illeg.
= Melica nitida Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 94: 160 (1896)
= Melica tortuosa Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 94: 161 (1896)
= Melica violacea var. argentata (É.Desv.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 120 (1928)
species :
Melica argyrea Hack.; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 11: 134 (1904)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Cerro Largo, Colonia, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Soriano); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Santa Fe, San Juan, San Luis)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica argyrea f. pilosa (Papp) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7- 8): 553 (1973)
= Melica argyrea var. pilosa Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 108 (1928)
= Melica papilionacea var. laxiflora Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898)
species :
Melica aristata Thurb. ex Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 103 (1870)
Name: Bearded melicgrass
Distribution: USA (California, Kentucky, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State)
73 USA 76 USA 78 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica aristata (Thurb. ex Bol.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 77 (1919)
species :
Melica arzivencoi Valls & Barcellos; Bonplandia (Corrientes) 3(9): 111 (1973)
Distribution: SE-Brazil (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro); S-Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul)
84 BRA
species :
Melica balansae Boiss. & Balansa; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(4): 132 (1859)
Distribution: Syria; etc.
34 SYR
Remarks: very close to M. ciliata
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica nebrodensis var. villigera Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31(2): 275 (1924)
species :
Melica bonariensis Parodi; Darwiniana 9: 358 (1951)
Distribution: Argentina (Buenos Aires, La Pampa, Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica papilionacea var. violacea Hieron.; Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 3: 375 (1879)
species :
Melica brasiliana Ard.; Animadv. Bot. Spec. Alt. 17 (1764)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Misiones, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica aurantiaca Desr.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 4: 70 (1797)
= Melica aurantiaca f. violacea Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 127 (1928)
= Melica aurantiaca var. mucronata Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 128 (1928)
= Melica aurantiaca var. tandilensis Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 356 (1898)
= Melica brasiliana f. tandilensis (Kuntze) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7-8): 554 (1973)
= Melica brasiliana var. aurantiaca (Desr. ex Lam.) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7-8): 554 (1973)
= Melica mucronata (Papp) Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 144 (1940)
= Melica papilionacea L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 31 (1767)
= Melica papilionacea var. grandiflora Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898)
= Melica spectabilis L. ex Munro; J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 42 (1861), nomen
= Melica tandilensis (Kuntze) Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6: 144 (1940)
species :
Melica brevicoronata Roseng.; Gram. Urug.130 (1970)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul); Uruguay (Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, San Jose, Treinta y Tres)
84 BRA 85 URU
species :
Melica bulbosa Porter & J.M.Coult.; Fl. Colorado 149 (1874)
Name: Oniongrass
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia, Saskatchewan); USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming)
71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica bulbosa (Geyer ex Porter & Coult.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 8 (1984)
= Melica bella Piper; U.S.D.A. Div. Agrostol. Circ. 27: 10 (1900) [nom. superfl.]
= Melica bella subsp. intonsa Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 128 (1906)
= Melica bulbosa var. caespitosa Cronquist; Madroño 7: 77 (1943)
= Melica bulbosa var. inflata (Bol.) Boyle; Madroño 8: 19 (1945)
= Melica bulbosa var. intonsa (Piper) M.Peck; Man. Pl. Oregon 100 (1941)
= Melica inflata (Bol.) Vasey; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 269 (1893)
= Melica poioides var. inflata Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 101 (1870)
species :
Melica californica Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885) 46
Name: California melicgrass
Distribution: USA (California, Oregon)
73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica bulbosa Thurb.; S. Watson et al., Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 304 (1880), nom. illeg.
= Melica californica var. nevadensis Boyle; Madroño 8: 17 (1945)
= Melica longiligula Scribn. & Kearney; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 17: 225, f. 521 (1899)
species :
Melica canariensis Hempel; Feddes Repert. 75: 109 (1967)
Name: Kanarisches Wimper-Perlgras (DE); Triguerilla de Canarias (ES)
Distribution: Madeira (Madeira Isl.); Islas Selvagens; Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera)
21 CNY MDR SEL
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica magnolii var. gigantea Bornm.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 33: 403 (1903)
species :
Melica capillaris Banks & Sol.; Russell, Nat. Hist. Aleppo, ed. 2, 2: 243 (1794)
Distribution: Turkey; Lebanon
34 LEB TUR
species :
Melica cepacea (Phil.) Scribn.; U.S.D.A. Div. Agrostol. Circ. 79: 8 (1901)
Distribution: Argentina (Neuquen); Chile (Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Araucanía)
85 ARG CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica cepacea (Phil.) Nicora; Darwiniana 181 (1-2): 270 (1973)
= Festuca cepacea Phil.; Linnaea 33: 297 (1864)-1865
species :
Melica chatkalica Lazkov & Usupbaev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 48: 28 (2017)
Distribution: Kyrgyzstan
32 KGZ
species :
Melica chilensis J.Presl; Reliq. Haenk. 1: 270 (1830)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Potosí, Tarija); Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, La Pampa, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, San Juan, Tucuman)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica adhaerans Hack.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 158 (1908)
= Melica adhaerens var. tenuis (Papp) Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 412 (1928)
= Melica andina Hauman; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 403 (1917)
= Melica andina var. laxissima Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 136 (1928)
= Melica andina var. trinervis Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 136 (1928)
= Melica mandonii Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 356 (1928)
= Melica pilgeriana Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 355, f. 5 (1928)
= Melica popoviciana Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 143 (1928)
= Melica weberbaueri var. tenuis Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 355 (1928)
species :
Melica ciliata L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 66 (1753)
subspecies :
subsp. ciliata
Name: Wimper-Perlgras (DE); Hairy Melic (EN)
Distribution: Sweden; Finland; Belgium; Luxembourg; Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; San Marino; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread, incl. many islands); +Estonia; E-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia, WN-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jbel Druze, W-Syrian Mountains); China (Xinjiang); Australia [I] (South Australia [I])
10 FIN SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE HUN LIE LUX POL SLO SWI 12 ADO BAL COR FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA PTL ROM SIC SLV SMA SRB TUE 14 EST KRY RUS UKR 32 KAZ TKM 34 EAI IRN IRQ LEB SYR TUR 36 CHI 50 aus
Remarks: ciliata agg. The subspecies glauca and magnolii are often kept separate, but they share the same distribution range and are probably mere varieties.
Synonyms: hidden
= Arundo ciliata (L.) Clairv.; Man. Herbor. Suisse 16 (1811)
= Beckeria ciliata (L.) Bernh. ex B.D.Jacks.; Index Kew. 1: 282 (1893)
= Beckeria ciliata (L.) Bernh. ex Rchb.; Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. [H.G.L.Reichenbach], ed. 2, 1: 54 (1850), pro syn.
= Beckeria montana Bernh.; Syst. Verz. [Bernhardi] 40 (1800), nom. illeg.
= Claudia ciliata (L.) Opiz; Lotos 3: 67 (1853)
= Dalucum ciliatum (L.) Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 350 (1901)
= Lasiagrostis variegata G.Mey.; Chlor. Hanover. 654 (1836), et ex Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 11
= Melica bauhini Ten.; Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. 37 (1831), pro syn.
= Melica benedictoi Pau; Not. Bot. Fl. Españ. 6: 109 (1895)
= Melica bossieri Reut. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 589 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica caespitosa Schur; Sert. Fl. Transs. 86, ex eod. in Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 329 (1859)
= Melica cappadocica Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 589 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica ceretana Sennen; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 677 (1926 publ. 1927)
= Melica ciliata subf. planifolia Papp; Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 20: 144, 145 (1940), nom. illeg.
= Melica ciliata subf. subplanifolia Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 119 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Melica ciliata f. aequiglumis (Papp) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 24 3 (1972)
= Melica ciliata f. flavescens (Schur) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 243 (1972)
= Melica ciliata f. hirtella W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 77 (2012)
= Melica ciliata f. latifolia Papp; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 789 (1972)
= Melica ciliata f. micrantha W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 73 (2012)
= Melica ciliata f. pappii Soó; Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 119 (1971 publ. 1972)
= Melica ciliata f. pillata Papp; Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 24: 197 (1937)
= Melica ciliata f. planifolia Papp; Bul. Grad. Bot. Univ. Cluj 20: 144, 145 (1940), nom. illeg.
= Melica ciliata f. puberula Beck; Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1(1): 91 (1890)
= Melica ciliata f. puberula W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 82 (2012)
= Melica ciliata f. simplex Papp; Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 26: 806 (1940)
= Melica ciliata f. villiculmis (Bornm.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 73 (2012)
= Melica ciliata f. violacea (Papp) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 243 (1972)
= Melica ciliata f. vulgaris W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 73 (2012)
= Melica ciliata subsp. flavescens (Schur) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 78 (1890)
= Melica ciliata subsp. flavescens (Schur) Simonk.; 577 (1887)
= Melica ciliata subsp. micrantha (Boiss. & Hohen.) Soják; Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 151: 14 (1982)
= Melica ciliata subvar. villiculmis Bornm.; Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 140: 167 (1928)
= Melica ciliata var. aequiglumis Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 293 (1932)
= Melica ciliata var. arenicola Kirschl.; Fl. Alsace 2: 318 (1857)
= Melica ciliata var. biflora Rion; Guide Bot. Valais 229 (1872)
= Melica ciliata var. bourgaei Griseb. ex Pantoc; Verh. Vereins Natur- Heilk. Presburg 2: 15 (1872)
= Melica ciliata var. brachyantha Hack.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32: 396 (1885)
= Melica ciliata var. elata Rouy; Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), Sér. 3, 3: 64 (1883), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Melica ciliata var. elata Trab.; Fl. Alger [Battandier & Trabut] 78 (1884)
= Melica ciliata var. flavescens Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 764 (1866)
= Melica ciliata var. intermedia Rouy; Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier), Sér. 3, 3: 64 (1883)
= Melica ciliata var. latifolia Papp; Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 18: 457 (1933)
= Melica ciliata var. laxiflora (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Papp; Acad. Romana, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 207 (1937), nom. inval.
= Melica ciliata var. linnaei Hack.; E. von Halácsy & H. Braun, Nachtr. Fl. Nieder-Oesterr. 19 (1882), nom. inval.
= Melica ciliata var. macrostachya Lecoq & Lamotte; Cat. Pl. Plateau Central 396 (1847)
= Melica ciliata var. micrantha (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 589 (1884)
= Melica ciliata var. pallida Lindem.; Fl. Cherson. 2: 290 (1882), nom. illeg.
= Melica ciliata var. parlatorei Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. t. 137 (1932)
= Melica ciliata var. rupestris Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 78 (1884)
= Melica ciliata var. tomentella Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 580 (1884)
= Melica ciliata var. uniflora Rion; Guide Bot. Valais 229 (1872)
= Melica ciliata var. varia Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 397 (1852)
= Melica ciliata var. violacea Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 299 (1932)
= Melica ciliata var. vulgaris Coss. & Durieu; Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 132 (1855)
= Melica colorata Dulac; Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées 80 (1867), pro syn.
= Melica cristata Trin.; Fund. Agrost. [Trinius] 163 (1820) orth. var. Claudia ciliata (L.) Opiz, Lotos 3: 67 (1853)
= Melica flavescens (Schur) Simonk.; Enum. Fl. Transsilv. 577 (1887)
= Melica flavescens (Schur) W.Hempel; 68 (2012), nom. inval.
= Melica laxiflora Boiss. & C.I.Blanche; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 589 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica linnaei (Hack.) Hack. ex Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 292 (1932), pro syn.
= Melica lutescens Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 317 (1909)
= Melica micrantha Boiss. & Hohen.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 53 (1854)
= Melica provincialis Clarion ex Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 2: 119 (1841), pro syn.
= Melica pubescens Desv.; Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 169 (1831)
= Melica simulans Klokov; Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 4(1-2): 93 (1947)
= Melica tineoi Lojac.; Naturalista Sicil. 1: 9 (1882), nomen
= Verinea pterostachys Merino; Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 28(Mem.): 9 (1899)
variant :
var. flaveola W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 73 (2012)
Distribution: Montenegro; Serbia; North Macedonia; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece; Ukraine
13 ALB BUL GRC MNT NMA ROM SRB 14 UKR
variant :
var. graeca W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 77 (2012)
Distribution: Greece; Turkey
13 GRC 34 TUR
variant :
var. magnolii (Godr. & Gren.) Pant.; Neue Verh. Presburg. Nat. Forsch. 2: 15 (1872)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Baleares; Italy; San Marino; Croatia; Greece; Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Libya; Madeira (Madeira Isl.); East Aegaean Isl.; Turkey
12 BAL POR SPA 13 CRO GRC ITA KRI SMA 20 ALG LBY MOR 21 MDR 34 EAI TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Dalucum majus (Sm.) Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 352 (1901)
= Melica ciliata f. major (Ball) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 77 (2012)
= Melica ciliata subsp. magnolii (Godr. & Gren.) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 78 (1890)
= Melica ciliata subsp. magnolii (Godr. & Gren.) Husn.; Gram. 56 (1898), isonym
= Melica ciliata var. magnolii (Godr. & Gren.) Hausskn.; Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 13-14: 51 (1899), isonym
= Melica cretica var. major W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 108 (2012)
= Melica magnolii Godr. & Gren.; Fl. France [Grenier] 3: 550 (1856)
= Melica nebrodensis var. magnolii (Godr. & Gren.) Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 346 (1900), nom. illeg. superfl.
variant :
var. nebrodensis (Parl.) Coss. & Durieu; Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 132 (1855)
Name: Blaugrünes Wimper-Perlgras (DE)
Distribution: Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen [I], Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); France; Italy; Greece (incl. Kiklades); East Aegaean Isl.; etc.
11 GER 12 FRA 13 GRC ITA 34 EAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica ciliata f. nebrodensis (Parl.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 82 (2012), nom. illeg.
= Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) K.Richt.; Pl. Eur. 1: 78 (1896), isonym
= Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 817 (1882)
= Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) Rouy; Fl. France [Rouy & Foucaud] 14: 183 (1913), isonym
= Melica ciliata subsp. nebrodensis (Parl.) Husn.; Graminées 56 (1898)
= Melica glauca F.W.Schultz; Flora (Regensburg) 45: 462 (1862)
= Melica glauca subsp. nebrodensis (Parl.) Nyman; 817 (1882), nom. illeg.
= Melica nebrodensis Parl.; Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2(1): 198 (1845)
= Melica nebrodensis var. parlatorei Asch. & Graebn.; Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. [Ascherson & Graebner] 2(1): 345 (1900)
variant :
var. taurica (K.Koch) Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 398 (1852)
Distribution: Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey; etc.
33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica ciliata subsp. taurica (K.Koch) Tzvelev; Sched. Herb. Fl. URSS 19: 53 (1972)
= Melica taurica K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 395 (1848)
subspecies :
subsp. monticola (Prokudin) Tzvelev; Spis. Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R., 103-106: 53 (1972)
Distribution: S-Ukraine; Crimea
14 KRY UKR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica monticola Prokudin; Trudy Gosud. Nikitsk. Bot. Sada 25(1-2): 129 (1948)
= Melica cretica subsp. monticola (Prokudin) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 107 (2012)
= Melica taurica subsp. monticola (Prokudin) Prokudin; E. V. Wulff, Fl. Kryma 1(4): 70 (1951)
species :
Melica commersonii Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1854)
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica commutata Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1854)
= Melica violacea var. commersonii (Nees ex Steud.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 123 (1928)
= Melica violacea var. commutata (Steud.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 123 (1928)
= Melica violacea var. pallida É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 378 (1854)
species :
Melica cretica Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(13): 54 (1853)
Distribution: Crete (mountains)
13 KRI
Remarks: very close to M. ciliata
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica ciliata f. major Heldr. ex Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 303 (1932), nom. illeg.
= Melica ciliata f. major Papp; Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 26: 806 (1940), nom. illeg.
= Melica cretica f. laxiflora W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 106 (2012)
= Melica cretica f. villigera (Bornm.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 106 (2012)
= Melica cretica subsp. brachyantha (Hack. ex Trab.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 107 (2012)
= Melica cretica subsp. greuteri W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 106 (2012)
= Melica cretica subsp. laxiflora W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 105 (2012), nom. inval.
= Melica cretica var. balansae (Boiss. & Balansa) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 108 (2012)
= Melica cretica var. laconiae W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 105 (2012)
= Melica cretica var. major (Heldr. ex Papp) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 108 (2012)
species :
Melica cupanii Guss.; Fl. Sicul. Prodr., Suppl. 17 (1832), as ´cupani´
Distribution: S-Italy; Sicily; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Turkey; Iran
13 ITA SIC 20 ALG MOR TUN 34 IRN TUR
Remarks: spelling should be emended to ´cupanii´ according to Art. 60.8
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica cupanii f. hirtella W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 115 (2012)
= Melica cupanii f. malacitana (Lojac.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 114 (2012)
= Melica cupanii var. malacitana Lojac.; Naturalista Sicil. 1: 13 (1881)
= Melica cupanii var. pubescens W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 115 (2012)
= Melica persica subsp. cupani (Guss.) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 9: 535 (1985)
species :
Melica decipiens Caro; Kurtziana 5: 288 (1969)
Distribution: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, San Luis)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica violacea f. mucronata Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 123 (1928)
= Melica violacea var. glabrior Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 123 (1928)
species :
Melica dendroides Lehm.; Nov. Stirp. Pug. [Lehmann] 3: 39 (1831)
Distribution: South Africa (Free State, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica afrorum var. decumbens Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 418 (1841)
= Melica decumbens Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 21 (1794), nom. illeg.
= Melica neesii Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 7: 687 (1900)
species :
Melica eligulata Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 1, 13: 56 (1854)
Distribution: Turkey (SSW-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq); Iran (N-Iran, W-Iran); Afghanistan (Kabul, Wardak); Lebanon (C-Lebanon, coastal W-Lebanon); Syria (W-Syrian Mountains)
34 AFG IRN IRQ LEB SYR TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica angustifolia Boiss. & C.I.Blanche; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 4: 131 (1859)
= Melica angustifolia f. planifolia Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31: 272 (1914)
= Melica cupani var. eligulata (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 591 (1884)
= Melica minuta subsp. angustifolia (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 157 (2012)
= Melica minuta var. eligulata (Boiss.) Bornm.; Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31: 272 (1914)
= Melica ramosa var. eligulata (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 586 (1884)
species :
Melica eremophila Torres; Fl. Prov. Buenos Aires 4(2): 308 (1970)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Tarija); S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Colonia, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Rivera, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Entre Rios, Santa Fe)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica monantha Roseng.; Gram. Urug.132 (1970)
= Melica asperrima Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 530 (1817), pro syn.
species :
Melica frutescens Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 45, pl. 1, f. 15, 16 (1885)
Name: Woody melicgrass
Distribution: USA (Arizona, California); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur)
76 USA 79 MEX
species :
Melica fugax Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 104 (1870)
Name: Little oniongrass
Distribution: USA (California, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Washington State)
73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica fugax subsp. madophylla Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 128 (1906)
= Melica fugax var. inexpansa Suksd.; Werdenda 1(2): 1 (1923)
= Melica fugax var. macbridei (V.H.Rowland ex A.Nelson) Beetle; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 286 (1946)
= Melica macbridei V.H.Rowland ex A.Nelson; Bot. Gaz. 54: 404 (1912)
species :
Melica geyeri Munro ex Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 103 (1870)
Name: Geyer´s oniongrass (EN)
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia); USA (California, Montana, Nevada, Oregon)
71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica geyeri (Munro ex Bol.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 78 (1919)
= Bromelica geyeri var. howellii (Scribn.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 78 (1919)
= Bromus muticus A.Gray; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 15: 335 (1863 publ. 1864), pro syn.
= Glyceria bulbosa Buckley; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1862: 95 (1862 publ. 1863)
= Melica bromoides A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 409 (1873), in nota.
= Melica bromoides Bol. ex A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 409 (1872) [nom. superfl.]
= Melica bromoides var. howellii Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 47 (1885)
= Melica geyeri var. aristulata Howell; Leafl. W. Bot. 4: 245 (1946)
= Melica poioides Bol. ex Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 47 (1885) [nom. inval.]
= Melica poioides var. bromoides Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 103 (1870) [nom. inval.]
species :
Melica glabrescens (Torres) Torres; Op. Lilloana 29: 61 (1980)
Distribution: Argentina (Buenos Aires, Chubut, Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica violacea var. glabrescens Torres; Colecç. Ci. Inst. Nac. Tecnol. Agropecu 4: 316 (1970)
species :
Melica harfordii Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 102 (1870)
Name: Harford´s oniongrass
Distribution: Canada (British Columbia); USA (California, Oregon, Washington State)
71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica harfordii (Bol.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 78 (1919)
= Bromelica harfordii var. minor (Vasey) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 78 (1919)
= Melica harfordii var. minor Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 48 (1888)
= Melica harfordii var. tenuior Piper; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 11: 127 (1906), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Melica harfordii var. tenuis Suksd.; Werdenda 1: 17 (1927)
= Melica harfordii var. viridifolia Suksd.; Werdenda 1(3-4): 17 (1927)
species :
Melica humilis Boiss.; Voy. Bot. Espagne 2: 662 (1844)
subspecies :
subsp. humilis
Distribution: S-Spain; Morocco; Algeria
12 SPA 20 ALG MOR
Remarks: as species recognized fide Flora Iberica
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica cupani subsp. humilis (Boiss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 114 (2012)
= Melica cupani var. humilis W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 115 (2012)
subspecies :
subsp. bocquetii (Talavera) Cantó, Devesa & Romero Zarco; Fl. Iber. [Castroviejo et al.] 19(1): 60 (2020)
Distribution: SE-Spain; S-Spain
12 SPA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica bocquetii Talavera; Lagascalia 14: 118 (1986)
species :
Melica hunzikeri Nicora; Kurtziana 27(2): 361 (1999)
Distribution: Argentina (Misiones)
85 ARG
species :
Melica hyalina Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 127, t. 38 (1878)
Distribution: SE-Brazil; S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Canelones, Cerro Largo, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica aurantiaca var. montevidensis Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 352 (1928)
= Melica brasiliana f. truncata (Papp) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7-8): 554 (1973)
= Melica hyalina f. violacea Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 124 (1928)
= Melica hyalina var. truncata Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 125 (1928)
= Melica montevidensis (Papp) Herter; Revista Sudamer. Bot. 6(5-6): 144 (1940)
= Melica papilionacea var. hyalina (Döll) Hack. ex Kneuck.; Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 8: 96 (1902)
species :
Melica imperfecta Trin.; Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 68 (1836)
Name: Smallflower melicgrass
Distribution: USA (California, S-Nevada, Arizona); Mexico (Baja California Norte, Baja California Sur); Isla Guadalupe
76 USA 79 GLP MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica colpodioides Nees; Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 238 (1838)
= Melica colpodioides var. subtriflora Nees; Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 283 (1838), nomen
= Melica colpodoides var. sesquiflora Nees; Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 283 (1838), nomen
= Melica imperfecta var. flexuosa Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 101 (1870)
= Melica imperfecta var. pubens Scribn.; Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 30: 8 (1901)
= Melica imperfecta var. refracta Thurb. ex S.Watson; Bot. California [W.H.Brewer] 2: 303 (1880)
= Melica imperforata Nees ex Hook. & Arn.; Bot. Beechey Voy. 403 (1840), orth. var.
= Melica panicoides Nutt.; J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, Ser. 2, 1: 188 (1848)
= Melica parishii Vasey ex Beal; Grasses N. Amer. [Beal] 2: 500 (1896)
= Melica poioides Nutt.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 25 (1848), et in J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., Ser. 2, 1: 188 (1848)
species :
Melica jacquemontii Decne.; Jacq., Voy. 4 Bot. 174, t. 175 (1844)
Distribution: Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Armenia; Azerbaijan; ?Pakistan (?Chitral); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)
32 TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE NCS 40 IND
Remarks: often included in M. persica
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica hohenackeri Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 54 (1854)
= Melica jacquemontii f. hohenackeri (Boiss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 118 (2012)
= Melica jacquemontii f. scabra Papp; Acad. Romana, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 213 (1937)
= Melica jacquemontii subsp. anatolica W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 120 (2012)
= Melica jacquemontii subsp. hohenackeri (Boiss.) Bor; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 0: 258 (1970)
= Melica jacquemontii var. flava (Papp) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 118 (2012)
= Melica persica subsp. jacquemontii (Decne.) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 9: 534 (1985)
= Melica persica var. flava Papp; Acad. Romana, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 217 (1937)
variant :
var. canescens (Regel) M.Nobis & A.Nowak; Ill. Fl. Tajikistan 2: 732 (2020)
Distribution: Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Turkey; Iran; Afghanistan; Afghanistan (Badakshan, Wakhan, Bamyan, Faryab, Ghazni, Kabul, Kunar / Nuristan, Logar, Wardak, Nangarhar, Paktia / Khost, Parwan, Samangan, Takhar); Tibet; Pakistan (Baluchistan, Quetta, Khyber, Chitral, Drosh); NW-India
32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 34 AFG IRN TUR 36 TIB 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica canescens (Regel) Lavrenko ex Nevski; Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 10 (1934), Lavrenko in Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 344, 752 (1934)
= Melica cupani var. canescens Regel; Descr. Pl. Nov. fasc. 8: 88 (1880)
= Melica jacquemontii f. canescens (Regel) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 118 (2012)
= Melica jacquemontii subsp. canescens (Regel) Bor; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 0: 257 (1970)
= Melica persica subsp. canescens (Regel) P.H.Davis; Fl. Turkey 9: 534 (1985)
species :
Melica kozlovii Tzvelev; Rast. Tsentral. Azii Fasc. 4, 125 (1968)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai, Shanxi)
36 CHI
species :
Melica lilloi Bech.; Candollea 7: 520 (1938)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Tucuman)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica decumbens Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 139, pl. 7 (1928)
= Melica laxiflora f. macrior Hack.; Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 297 (1914) [nomen]
species :
Melica longiflora Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1854)
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica berteroana f. violacea Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 114 (1928)
= Melica berteroana Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 94: 159 (1896)
= Melica berteroana var. exaltata (Phil.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 115 (1928)
= Melica berteroana var. pilosula Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 114 (1928)
= Melica berteroana var. puberula Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 114 (1928)
= Melica exaltata Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 43: 571 (1873)
= Melica flava Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1854)
= Melica flava var. violacea Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 117 (1928)
= Melica hirta Phil.; Linnaea 33: (1865) 292
= Melica laxiflora f. hirta (Phil.) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7-8): 555 (1973)
= Melica laxiflora var. glabra Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 116 (1928)
= Melica laxiflora var. hirsuta É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 376 (1853)
= Melica laxiflora var. hirta (Phil.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 116 (1928)
= Melica laxiflora var. longiflora (Steud.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 116 (1928)
= Melica laxiflora var. pilosula Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 117 (1928)
species :
Melica longiligulata Z.L.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30(2): 171-172, f. 1: 9-16, f. 2: 12 (1992)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Melica macra Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 486 (1829)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, Corrientes, Entre Rios, La Pampa, Santiago del Estero, Santa Fe, San Luis, Tucuman)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica macra var. pilosa Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 152 (1928)
species :
Melica minor Hack. ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 586 (1884)
Distribution: Northern Caucasus (Ossetia, Daghestan); Georgia [Caucasus] (Mtiuleti); Azerbaijan
33 AZE GEO NCS
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica subenervis Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 586 (1884), pro syn.
species :
Melica minuta L.; Mant. Pl. 1: 32 (1767)
subspecies :
subsp. minuta
Name: Mittelmeer-Perlgras (DE); Dwarf Melic (EN)
Distribution: Sweden [I]; Croatia; Albania; Greece (widespread lowlands of C- & S-Greece, incl. most islands); Crete; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Libya; East Aegaean Isl. (widespread, incl. Rhodos, Kastellorhizo Isl.); Turkey (S-Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia, SW-Anatolia, W-Anatolia); Cyprus (C-Mountains, E-Cyprus, N-Cyprus, S-Cyprus); Lebanon; Syria; Israel (N-Israel); Jordania (S-Jordania); New Zealand [I]
10 swe 13 ALB CRO GRC KRI 20 ALG LBY MOR TUN 34 CYP EAI ISR JOR LEB SYR TUR 51 nzl
Synonyms: hidden
= Dalucum ramosum (Vill.) Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 351 (1901)
= Melica anceps Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 315 (1909), pro syn.
= Melica arrecta Kunze; Flora (Regensburg) 29: 740 (1846)
= Melica aspera Desf.; Fl. Atlant. 1: 71 (1798)
= Melica australis Coss. ex Parl.; Fl. Ital. [Parlatore] 1: 306 (1850), pro syn.
= Melica baetica Boutelou ex Willk. & Lange; Prodr. Fl. Hispan. [Willkomm & Lange] 1: 84 (1861), pro syn.
= Melica cyrenaica Viv.; Fl. Libyc. Spec. 4 (1824)
= Melica guruguensis Sennen; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 78: 192 (1931), nomen
= Melica major Sm.; J. Sibthorp & J. E. Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 51 (1806)
= Melica minuta subsp. arrecta (Kunze) Breistr.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 87: 48 (1940)
= Melica minuta subsp. major (Sm.) Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 202 (1895)
= Melica minuta subsp. major (Parl.) Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 202 (1895)
= Melica minuta subsp. saxatilis (Sm.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 585 (1884)
= Melica minuta var. amana Melderis; Ark. Bot., andra ser. 5(1): 56 (1963)
= Melica minuta var. densissima Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 314 (1932)
= Melica minuta var. major (Sm.) Lange; Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 3: 48 (1861)
= Melica minuta var. pyramidalis (Lam.) Trab.; Fl. Algérie [Battandier et al.] Monocot. 202 (1895)
= Melica minuta var. ramosa (Vill.) Fiori; Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 125 (1923)
= Melica minuta var. saxatilis (Sm.) Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 11 (1848)
= Melica montana Cav.; Descr. Pl. [Cavanilles] 44 (1801), nom. illeg.
= Melica pyramidalis Lam.; Fl. Franç. [Lamarck] 3: 585 (1778)
= Melica pyramidalis subsp. arrecta (Kunze) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France ed. 2: 71 (1946)
= Melica pyramidalis subsp. ramosa (Vill.) P.Fourn.; Quatre Fl. France 71 (1934)
= Melica ramosa subsp. major (Sm.) W.Hempel; Candollea 31: 235 (1976)
= Melica ramosa subsp. major Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 364 (1894)
= Melica ramosa subsp. saxatilis (Sm.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 585 (1884)
= Melica ramosa var. depauperata Mutel; Fl. Franç. [Mutel] 4: 70 (1837)
= Melica ramosa var. longiglumis Hausskn.; Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins, N. F. 13-14: 52 (1899)
= Melica ramosa var. minuta DC.; Fl. Franç. [de Candolle & Lamarck], éd. 3, 6: 258 (1815)
= Melica ramosa var. saxatilis (Sm.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 285 (1882)
= Melica ramosa Vill.; Hist. Pl. Dauphiné [Villars] 2: 91 (1787)
= Melica rimarum Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 47: 124 (1900)
= Melica saxatilis Sm.; J. Sibthorp & J. E. Sm., Fl. Graec. Prodr. 1: 51 (1806)
variant :
var. sorrentinoi (Lojac.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 155 (2012)
Distribution: Sicily
13 SIC
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica sorrentinoi Lojac.; Fl. Sicul. [Lojacono] 3: 315 (1909)
subspecies :
subsp. latifolia (Coss.) Valdés & Mateos; Lagascalia 30: 354 (2010)
Distribution: Portugal; Spain; Gibraltar; Baleares; France; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Pantelleria; Isole Pelagie (Lampedusa); San Marino; Morocco; Canary Isl.
12 BAL FRA GIB POR SAR SPA 13 ITA PEL PTL SIC SMA 20 MOR 21 CNY
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica minuta subsp. latifolia (Coss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 154 (2012), isonym
= Melica minuta var. latifolia Coss.; Notes Pl. Crit. 12 (1848)
species :
Melica mollis Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 94: 161 (1896)
Distribution: Chile (Atacama, Coquimbo)
85 CLE
species :
Melica montezumae Piper; Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 18: 144 (1905)
Name: Montezuma melicgrass
Distribution: USA (W-Texas); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León)
77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica alba Hitchc.; Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 17: 367 (1913)
species :
Melica mutica Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 78 (1788)
Name: Twoflower melicgrass
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia); Mexico (Tamaulipas)
74 USA 75 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Lolium canadense Michx. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 893 (1817)
= Lolium temulentum var. canadense (Michx. ex Roem. & Schult.) Alph.Wood; Amer. Bot. Fl. 2: 406 (1871)
= Melica altissima Walter; Fl. Carol. [Walter] 78 (1788), nom. illeg.
= Melica diffusa Pursh; Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 77 (1814)
= Melica glabra Michx.; Fl. Bor.-Amer. [Michaux] 1: 62 (1803)
= Melica muehlenbergiana Schult.; Mant. 2 [Schultes]: 294 (1824)
= Melica mutica f. diffusa (Pursh) Fernald; Rhodora 41: 501 (1939)
= Melica mutica var. diffusa (A.Gray) A.Gray; Manual [Gray] ed. 5: 626 (1867)
= Melica mutica var. glabra (Michx.) A.Gray; Manual [Gray] ed. 5: 626 (1867)
= Melica racemosa Muhl.; Cat. Pl. Amer. Sept. 11 (1813) [nomen], et Descr. Gram. 88 (1817) [nom. illeg., non Thunb. 1794]
= Melica rariflora Schreb.; Beschr. Gras. 2: 157 (1810) [nom. superfl.]
= Melica speciosa Muhl.; Trans. Phil. Soc. 3: 161 (1793), et Descr. Gram. 87 (1817)
species :
Melica nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 387 (1905)
Name: Threeflower melicgrass
Distribution: USA (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia); Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas)
73 USA 74 USA 75 USA 76 USA 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica diffusa var. nitens Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 44. 1885
= Melica nitens Nutt. ex Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 44. 1885. [nom. inval., as syn. of Melica diffusa var. nitens Scribn.]
= Melica scabra Nutt.; Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n. s., 5: 148 (1835), nom. illeg.
species :
Melica nutans L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 66 (1753)
Name: Nickendes Perlgras (DE)
Distribution: England; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands [I]; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin, Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, +Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Liechtenstein; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungaryli; Spain; Andorra; France; Italy; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; N-Greece (rare in mountains); Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Belarus; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; N-European Russia; W-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Siberia (Altai, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia, Yakutia); Russian Far East (Amur, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Kuril Isl., Primorye, Sakhalin); Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Mongolia; China (Anhui, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Zhejiang); North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Pakistan (Hazara); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)
10 DEN FIN GRB NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER LIE LUX net POL SLO SWI 12 ADO FRA SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MNT NMA ROM SLV SRB 14 BLR EST KRY LAT LIT RUS UKR 30 SIB 31 RFE 32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 36 CHI 37 MON 38 JAP KOR NKO 40 IND PAK
Remarks: nutans agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Aira nutans (L.) Weber; Wigg., Prim. Fl. Holsat. 7 (1780)
= Dalucum nutans (L.) Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 352 (1901)
= Melica amurensis (Prob.) Tzvelev; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 97(2): 255 (2012)
= Melica grandiflora Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925)
= Melica komarovii Luchnik; Vestn. Dal´nevost. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 31(4): 128 (1938)
= Melica montana Huds.; Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 37 (1778)
= Melica montana Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Melica nutans f. fissurae (Nyár.) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 248 (1972)
= Melica nutans f. pallescens Lagerb.; Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 3(1): (19) (1909)
= Melica nutans f. paniculata (Borbás) Holmb.; Skand. Fl. 2: 189 (1926)
= Melica nutans subsp. amurensis Prob.; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68(10): 1412 (1983)
= Melica nutans subsp. grandiflora (Koidz.) T.Koyama; Grasses Japan 515 (1987)
= Melica nutans var. argyrolepis Kom.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 20: 298 (1901)
= Melica nutans var. biflora Ehrh.; 9 (1790), nom. inval.
= Melica nutans var. brevis Murr; 62 (1895)
= Melica nutans var. caespitosa Podp.; Kvetna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 238 (1926)
= Melica nutans var. composita Murr; Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 147 (1898)
= Melica nutans var. grandiflora Koidz.; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925), pro syn.
= Melica nutans var. multiflora Blytt; Enum. Pl. Christiania 69 (1844)
= Melica nutans var. paniculata Borbás; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 33: 275 (1883)
= Melica nutans var. viridiflora Opiz; Seznam 63 (1852), nomen
= Melica picta f. fissurae Nyár.; Enum. Pl. Cheia Turzii 94 (1934)
= Poa nutans (L.) Clairv.; Man. Herbor. Suisse 21 (1811), nom. illeg.
species :
Melica onoei Franch. & Sav.; Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 603 (1876)
Distribution: China (Anhui, Gansu, Guizhou, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea; Japan (Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu); Taiwan; E-Pakistan; Nepal; Bhutan; NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)
36 CHI TIB 38 JAP KOR NKO TAI 40 BHU IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica kumana Honda; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 1 (1932)
= Melica matsumurae Hack.; Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 706 (1899)
= Melica onoei f. onoei W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 44 (2012), contrary to Arts. 27.1 & 32.1 (ICBN, 2006)
= Melica onoei f. pilosella (Honda) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 44 (2012)
= Melica onoei var. pilosella Honda; Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 1 (1932)
= Melica scaberrima var. micrantha Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 7: 331 (1896)
species :
Melica pappiana Hempel; An. Sti Univ. Al. I. Cuza Iasi, 2, Biol. 17(2): 380 (1971)
Distribution: China (Jilin, Shanxi)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica uniflora f. glabra Papp; Acad. Romana, Mem. Sect. Sti., Ser. 3, 12: 251 (1937)
species :
Melica parodiana Torres; Bol. Soc. Argent. Bot. 12: 202 (1968)
Distribution: Uruguay (Canelones, Lavalleja, Maldonado, Rivera); Argentina (Buenos Aires)
85 ARG URU
species :
Melica patagonica Parodi; Darwiniana 9: 361 (1951)
Distribution: Argentina (Chubut, Neuquen, Rio Negro)
85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica stuckertii var. tenuis Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 112 (1928)
species :
Melica paulsenii Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 94: 159 (1896)
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, Maule)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica litoralis var. paulsenii (Phil.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 119 (1928)
= Melica litoralis var. werdermannii Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 353 f. 4 (1928)
species :
Melica penicillaris Boiss. & Balansa; Diagn. Pl. Orient., Sér. 2, 4: 132 (1859)
Distribution: Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia)
34 TUR
species :
Melica persica Kunth; Rèv. Gram. 1: 122, 35 1, t. 89 (1830)
Distribution: Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Armenia; Azerbaijan (incl. Nachichevan); Turkey (E-Anatolia, Inner Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, S-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia, SE-Anatolia: Mesopotamian Anatolia, SSW-Anatolia); Iraq (NE-Iraq, NW-Iraq); Iran (EC-Iran, NE-Iran: Mts., N-Iran, Iranian Aserbaijan, W-Iran); Lebanon (Antilebanon, C-Lebanon); Syria (C-Syrian Desert, Jbel Druze); Israel (N-Israel); Jordania; Sinai peninsula (S-Sinai); China (Gansu, Jilin, Sichuan); Pakistan (Baluchistan, Chitral, Drosh, Kurram, Swat, Baltistan); Nepal; NW-India (Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Ladakh, Zanskar, Dras, Kashmir, Lahul)
32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE 34 IRN IRQ ISR JOR LEB SIN SYR TUR 36 CHI 40 IND NEP PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica armena Boiss. & Kotschy; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 590 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica atropatana Schischk.; Bull. Mus. Georgie, 1920-2 1: 1 (1922)
= Melica breviflora Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 124 (1846)
= Melica cupani var. breviflora (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 590 (1884)
= Melica cupani var. hohenackeri (Boiss.) Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 628 (1881)
= Melica cupani var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 628 (1881)
= Melica cupani var. pannosa (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 590 (1884)
= Melica cupani var. turkestanica Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 627 (1881)
= Melica cupani var. vestita (Boiss.) Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 591 (1884)
= Melica cupani var. viridis Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 590 (1884)
= Melica glaucescens Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 289 (1854)
= Melica inaequiglumis Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 124 (1846)
= Melica inaequiglumis var. supratomentosa Bornm.; Mem. Sect. Sti. Acad. Romåna 12: 224 (1937)
= Melica kermanica Gand.; Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 301 (1919 publ. 1920)
= Melica kotschyi Hochst. ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 289 (1854)
= Melica lanata Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 289 (1854)
= Melica micrantha var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Griseb.; Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 3: 76 (1868)
= Melica pannosa Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 55 (1854)
= Melica pannosa var. schimperi (C.Presl) Papp; Mem. Sect. Sti. Acad. Romåna 12: 228 (1937)
= Melica persica f. atropatana (Schischk.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 125 (2012)
= Melica persica f. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 125 (2012)
= Melica persica subsp. atropatana (Schischk.) Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 85 (1973)
= Melica persica subsp. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Bor; Fl. Iranica [Rechinger] 0: 225 (1970)
= Melica persica subsp. schischkinii (Iljinsk.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 127 (2012)
= Melica persica var. caspica Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 398 (1852)
= Melica persica var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 124 (2012)
= Melica persica var. pannosa (Boiss.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 128 (2012)
= Melica persica var. syriaca W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 128 (2012)
= Melica schimperi C.Presl; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Ser. 5, 3: 550 (1845)
= Melica schischkinii Iljinsk.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 29 (1950)
= Melica sinaica Fig. & De Not.; Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Torino, Ser. 2, 12: 256 (1852)
= Melica trachyantha Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 125 (1846)
= Melica transsilvanica subsp. atropatana (Schischk.) Tzvelev; Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 85 (1973)
= Melica vestita Boiss.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 125 (1846)
= Melica viridis Boiss. & Kotschy; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 590 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica woronowii Schischk. ex Grossh.; Trud. Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Azerb. Fil., Baku, viii/48 (Fl. Kavkaza,i.) 241 (1939), in syn.
species :
Melica picta K.Koch; Linnaea 21: 395 (1848)
Name: Buntes Perlgras (DE)
Distribution: Finland; Germany (Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, +Hessen, +Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Slovenia; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; ?Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; Romania; Bulgaria; C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (NE-Anatolia); Australia [I] (New South Wales [I])
10 FIN 11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO 13 BIH BUL CRO KOS ROM SLV SRB 14 RUS UKR 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 TUR 50 aus
Remarks: nutans agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica nutans subsp. picta (K.Koch) Simonk.; 577 (1887)
= Melica nutans var. picta (K.Koch) Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 400 (1852)
= Melica picta f. pilosa Papp; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12 789 (1972)
= Melica viridiflora Czern.; Consp. Fl. Ucran. (1859), ex Nyman Consp. 818
species :
Melica poecilantha É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 379 (1853)
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica poecilantha var. umbrosa É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 380 (1854)
species :
Melica porteri Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885) 44, et ex Coult. Man. Bot. Rocky Mount. 419
Name: Porter´s melicgrass
Distribution: USA (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas, Utah); Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Oaxaca, Queretaro, Sonora)
73 USA 74 USA 76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica mutica var. parviflora Porter; Syn. Fl. Colorado 149 (1874)
= Melica parviflora (Porter) Scribn.; Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 50 (1894), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Melica stricta Brandegee; Bull. Geol. & Geog. Surv. Territ. 2: n. III. (1876) 244
variant :
var. laxa Boyle; Madroño 8: 25 (1945)
Distribution: USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas); N-Mexico
76 USA 77 USA 79 MEX
species :
Melica przewalskyi Roshev.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 25 (1921)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Guizhou, Hubei, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Sichuan); Tibet; Nepal
36 CHI TIB 40 NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica polyantha Keng; Sunyatsenia 6: 77 (1941)
species :
Melica racemosa Thunb.; Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 21 (1794)
Distribution: South Africa (Gauteng?, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., W-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho
27 LES SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica bolusii Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 7: 685 (1900)
= Melica brevifolia Stapf; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910: 131 (1910)
= Melica afrorum Schrad.; Gött. Gel. Anz. (1821) III. 2073
= Melica afrorum var. elatior Nees; Fl. Afr. Austral. Ill. 418 (1841)
= Melica decumbens var. racemosa (Thunb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 356 (1898)
= Melica ovalis Nees; Fl. Afr. Austr. 1: 417 (1839)
= Melica pumila Stapf; Fl. Cap. [Harvey] 7: 686 (1900)
species :
Melica radula Franch.; Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., Sér. 2, 7: 144 (1884)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, W-Sichuan, Yunnan)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica scabrosa subsp. radula (Franch.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 39 (2012)
= Melica scabrosa var. radula (Franch.) Papp; Acad. Romana, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12(Mem. 9): 237 (1937)
= Melica sinica Ohwi; J. Jap. Bot. 19: 170 (1943)
species :
Melica rectiflora Boiss. & Heldr.; Diagn. Pl. Orient. 2(13): 56 (1853)
Distribution: Greece (S-Peloponnisos, Kithira, Kiklades: Amorgos); Crete (widespread); East Aegaean Isl. (Kasos, Karpathos)
13 GRC KRI 34 EAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica rectiflora f. pilosa (Papp) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 178 (2012)
= Melica rectiflora var. pilosa Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 334 (1932)
species :
Melica rigida Cav.; Icon. [Cavanilles] 5: 47 (1799)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Cerro Largo, Colonia, Flores Prov., Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rivera, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Entre Rios, Rio Negro, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica aurantiaca f. pallida Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 128 (1928)
= Melica aurantiaca var. rigida (Cav.) Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10(94): 352 (1928)
species :
Melica riograndensis Longhi-Wagner & Valls; Rev. Brasil. Biol. 37(3): 573 (1977)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
84 BRA
species :
Melica sarmentosa Nees; Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 485 (1829)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Tarija); S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Alto Paraná); Uruguay (Artigas, Canelones, Colonia, Florida Prov., Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, Rio Negro, Rocha, Salto, San Jose, Soriano, Tacuarembo, Treinta y Tres); Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe, Tucuman)
83 BOL 84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica aurantiaca subsp. cymbaria Ekman; Ark. Bot. 11(4): 44. pl. 1, f. 1 (1912)
= Melica sarmentosa var. glabrior Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 127 (1878), nom. inval.
variant :
var. monticola Torres; Op. Lilloana 29: 21 (1980)
Distribution: Argentina (Catamarca, Jujuy, Salta, Tucuman)
85 ARG
variant :
var. pilosula Döll; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 2(3): 127 (1878)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Itapua); Argentina (Corrientes, Entre Rios, Misiones, Santa Fe)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR
species :
Melica scaberrima (Nees ex Steud.) Hook.f.; Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 7: 330 (1896)
Distribution: China (Yunnan); Tibet; Nepal; NW-India (Kumaon, Jammu & Kashmir)
36 CHI TIB 40 IND NEP
Synonyms: hidden
= Festuca scaberrima Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 316 (1854), nom. inval.
= Glyceria scaberrima Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 287 (1854)
= Melica onoei subsp. scaberrima (Nees ex Steud.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 45 (2012)
species :
Melica scabra Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 164 (1816)
Distribution: Colombia (Caldas, Cundinamarca, Nariño); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Cochabamba, La Paz)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica cajamarcensis f. densa Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 132 (1928)
= Melica cajamarcensis Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 454 (1923)
= Melica majuscula Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 453 (1923)
= Melica majuscula var. glabra Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 135 (1928)
= Melica pallida Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 1: 164 (1816)
= Melica pyrifera Hack.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 307 (1902)
= Melica scabra f. pubescens (Papp) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7-8): 556 (1973)
= Melica scabra var. glabra Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 145 (1928)
= Melica scabra var. pubescens Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 145 (1928)
= Melica weberbaueri Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 455 (1923)
= Melica weberbaueri var. decolorata Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 453 (1923)
= Melica weberbaueri var. pilosula Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 133 (1928)
= Melica weberbaueri var. talcahuanoensis Papp; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 10: 353, f. 4 (1928)
= Melica weberbaueri var. violascens Pilg.; Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 8: 453 (1923)
species :
Melica scabrosa Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math., Seconde Pt. Sci. Nat. 3(2): (1838) 59
Distribution: China (Anhui, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shandong, Sichuan, Tianjin); Tibet; North Korea; South Korea
36 CHI TIB 38 KOR NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica scabrosa f. puberula (Papp) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 39 (2012)
= Melica scabrosa var. limprichtii Papp; Bull. Sect. Sci. Acad. Roumaine 18: 31 (1936)
= Melica scabrosa var. potaninii Tzvelev; Rast. Tsentral. Azii Fasc. 4: 126 (1968)
= Melica scabrosa var. puberula Papp; Bull. Sect. Sci. Acad. Roumaine 18: 32 (1936)
species :
Melica schafkati Bondarenko; Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 1: 123, 200 (1968)
Distribution: Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan
32 KGZ UZB
species :
Melica schuetzeana W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 83(1-2): 4 (1972)
Distribution: China (Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan); SE-Tibet; Bhutan
36 CHI TIB 40 BHU
species :
Melica secunda Regel; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 629 (1880)
Distribution: Kazakhstan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Afghanistan (Paktia / Khost); China (Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang); Tibet; Pakistan (Kurram); NW-India (Jammu & Kashmir)
32 KAZ KGZ TZK UZB 34 AFG 36 CHI TIB 40 IND PAK
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica gracilis Aitch. & Hemsl.; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 19: 192 (1882)
= Melica munroi Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 587 (1884), pro syn.
= Melica secunda var. interrupta Hack.; Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 58 (1906)
= Melica spinosa Munro ex Boiss.; Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 5: 587 (1884), pro syn.
species :
Melica serrana Muj.-Sall. & M.Marchi; Novon 15(2): 339 (2005)
Distribution: Uruguay (Maldonado)
85 URU
species :
Melica smirnovii Tzvelev; Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 97(2): 254 (2012)
Distribution: C-European Russia
14 RUS
species :
Melica smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Vasey; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 294 (1888)
Name: Smith´s melicgrass
Distribution: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Québec); USA (Idaho, Michigan, Montana, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State, Wisconsin, Wyoming)
71 CDN 72 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 75 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Avena smithii Porter ex A.Gray; Manual [Gray] ed. 5: 640 (1867)
= Bromelica smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 77 (1919)
= Melica hitchcockii B.Boivin; Phytologia 43: 105 (1979)
= Melica retrofracta Suksd.; Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 19: 92 (1901)
= Schizachne smithii (Porter ex A.Gray) Wiegand ex Muenscher; 66 (1941)
species :
Melica spartinoides L.B.Sm.; Phytologia 22(2): 89, f. 12-13 (1971)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina)
84 BRA
species :
Melica spectabilis Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885) 45
Name: Purple oniongrass
Distribution: Canada (Alberta, British Columbia); USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington State, Wyoming)
71 CDN 73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica spectabilis (Scribn.) W.A.Weber; Phytologia 55(1): 9 (1984)
= Melica bulbosa var. spectabilis (Scribn.) B.Boivin; Phytologia 43(1): 106 (1979)
= Melica scabrata Scribn. ex Piper & Beattie; Fl. Palouse Reg. [Piper & Beattie] 25 (1901)
species :
Melica stricta Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 3: (1863) 4, et 4: 104 (1870)
Name: Rock melicgrass
Distribution: USA (California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah)
73 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica stricta var. albicaulis Boyle; Madroño 8: 24 (1945)
species :
Melica stuckertii Hack. ex Stuck.; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 11: 135 (1904)
Distribution: Bolivia; Argentina (Buenos Aires, Catamarca, Cordoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, San Luis)
83 BOL 85 ARG
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica cordobensis Hack. ex Stuck.; Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, Ser. 3, 6: 507 (1906)
= Melica stuckertii var. cordobensis (Hack. ex Stuck.) Hack. ex Stuck.; Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 21: 140 (1911)
species :
Melica subflava Z.L.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30: 171 (1982), basionym not cited, et Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(2): 314 (2002)
Distribution: China (Qinghai)
36 CHI
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica flava Z.L.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30(2): 171, f. 1: 1-8, f. 2: 10 (1992), non Nees ex Steud.
= Melica qinghaiensis W.Hempel; Haussknechtia 10: 182 (2004), nom. nov.
species :
Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 47. 1886
Name: Alaska oniongrass
Distribution: Alaska; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia); USA (California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Washington State, Wyoming)
70 ASK 71 CDN 73 USA 74 USA 76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Bromelica subulata (Griseb.) Farw.; Rhodora 21: 78 (1919)
= Bromus subulatus Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 358 (1852)
= Festuca acerosa A.Gray; Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 410 (1872), pro syn.
= Melica acuminata Bol.; Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 104 (1870)
= Melica poioides var. acuminata (Bol.) Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 37: 47 (1885)
variant :
var. pammelii (Scribn.) C.L.Hitchc.; Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. [C.L.Hitchcock et al.] 1: 619 (1969)
Name: Pammel´s oniongrass
Distribution: USA (Idaho, Montana, Wyoming)
73 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica pammelii Scribn.; Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci. 7: 240 (1899)
species :
Melica tangutorum Tzvelev; Rast. Tsentral. Azii Fasc. 4, 126 (1968)
Distribution: China (Gansu, Qinghai, Sichuan)
36 CHI
species :
Melica taylorii Hempel; Feddes Repert. 83(1-2): 2 (1972)
Distribution: Tibet
36 TIB
species :
Melica teneriffae Hack. ex Christ; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 153 (1887)
Distribution: Canary Isl. (Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera)
21 CNY
species :
Melica tenuis Arechav.; Anales Mus. Nac. Montevideo 1: 450 (1896)
Distribution: S-Brazil (Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina); Paraguay (Guaira); Uruguay (Lavalleja, Maldonado, Montevideo, Paysandu, San Jose); Argentina (Entre Rios, Misiones)
84 BRA 85 ARG PAR URU
species :
Melica tibetica Roshev.; Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2: 27 (1921)
Distribution: China (Nei Mongol, Qinghai, Sichuan); Tibet
36 CHI TIB
species :
Melica torreyana Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 43. 1885
Name: Torrey´s melicgrass
Distribution: USA (California)
76 USA
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica imperfecta var. sesquiflora Torr. ex Scribn.; Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia (1885): 43. 1885. [nom. inval.]
species :
Melica transsilvanica Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 764 (1866)
Name: Siebenbürger Perlgras (DE)
Distribution: Germany (Brandenburg [I], Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern [I], Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; France; Italy; San Marino; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; Greece (scattered mainland, Kerkyra, Ionian Isl., Thasos, Samothraki, Kiklades: Tinos, Kea, Kithnos, Serifos); Crete (rare); C-European Russia; E-European Russia; Ukraine; Crimea; Siberia (Altai, Krasnoyarsk, W-Siberia); Kazakhstan; Turkmenistan; Uzbekistan; Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; East Aegaean Isl. (Lesvos, Ikaria, Samos); Turkey; Iran; China (Xinjiang); Mongolia
11 AUT CZE GER HUN POL SLO SWI 12 FRA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS KRI MNT NMA ROM SMA SRB 14 KRY RUS UKR 30 SIB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 EAI IRN TUR 36 CHI 37 MON
Remarks: ciliata agg.
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica altissima var. transsilvanica (Schur) Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 328 (1859)
= Melica caricina d´Urv.; Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 1: 263 (1822), nom. rej.
= Melica ciliata f. glabrata (Celak.) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 244 (1972)
= Melica ciliata f. lobata (Schur) Celak.; Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. Prag, Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 1891: 9 (1891)
= Melica ciliata subsp. klokovii (Tzvelev) B.Bock; Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 43: 215 (2012)
= Melica ciliata subsp. transsilvanica (Schur) Celak.; Anal. Kvet. Ceska, ed. 2: 108 (1887), isonym
= Melica ciliata subsp. transsilvanica (Schur) Nyman; Consp. Fl. Eur. 817 (1882)
= Melica ciliata var. glabrata Celak.; Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. 1891: 10 (1891)
= Melica ciliata var. lobata (Schur) Papp & Beldie; Fl. Republ. Socialist. Romania 12: 244 (1972)
= Melica ciliata var. pratensis Schur; 185 (1850), nom. inval.
= Melica ciliata var. transsilvanica (Schur) Hack.; Fl. Nied.-Oesterr., Nachtr. 19 (1882)
= Melica ciliata var. typhina (Boreau) Briq.; Prodr. Fl. Corse 1: 120 (1910)
= Melica ciliata var. varia Ledeb.; Fl. Altaic. [Ledebour] 1: 93 (1829)
= Melica interrupta Schur; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 9: 329 (1859), pro syn.
= Melica lobata Schur; Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 765 (1866)
= Melica transsilvanica f. bornmuelleri W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 99 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica f. flavescens (Schur) Chinkova; Jordanov, 361 (1963)
= Melica transsilvanica f. glabrata (Celak.) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 92 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica f. glabrata W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 99 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica f. glabrescens W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 93 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica f. mazenderanica (W.Hempel) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 93 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica f. pilosa W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 99 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica subsp. klokovii Tzvelev; Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 103-106: 53 (1972)
= Melica transsilvanica var. glabrata (Celak.) Celak. & Love; Fl. URSS [Komarov et al., ed.] 2: 224 (1934)
= Melica transsilvanica var. mazenderanica W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 92 (2012)
= Melica transsilvanica var. phonolitica Podp.; Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. [Hegi, Begr.] 1: 290 (1907)
= Melica transsilvanica var. typhina (Boreau) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 99 (2012)
= Melica typhina Boreau; Mém. Soc. Acad. Maine Loire 1: 91 (1857)
species :
Melica trebinjensis Strobl; Flora (Regensburg) 62: 189 (1879)
Distribution: former Yugoslavia
Remarks: provisionally accepted name
species :
Melica turczaninowiana Ohwi; Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 142 (1932)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita, Irkutsk, Tuva); Russian Far East (Amur, Khabarovsk, Primorye); China (Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Nei Mongol, Shanxi, Tianjin); Mongolia; North Korea
30 SIB 31 RFE 36 CHI 37 MON 38 NKO
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica gmelinii Turcz. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 368 (1830), nom. illeg., non Roth
species :
Melica uniflora Retz.; Observ. Bot. [Retzius] 1: 10 (1779)
Name: Einblütiges Perlgras (DE)
Distribution: England; Ireland; Denmark; Norway; Sweden; Finland; Netherlands; Belgium; Luxembourg; Germany (Brandenburg, Berlin [I], Baden-Württemberg, Bayern, Hessen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Schleswig-Holstein, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Thüringen); Switzerland; Austria; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Portugal; Spain; Andorra; France; Corsica; Sardinia; Italy; Sicily; Malta; San Marino; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Montenegro; Serbia; Kosovo; North Macedonia; Albania; Romania; Bulgaria; European Turkey; Greece (widespread mountains of mainland, Evvoia, Kerkyra, Thasos, Samothraki); Ukraine; Morocco; Algeria; Tunisia; Northern Caucasus; Georgia [Caucasus]; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Turkey (Inner Anatolia, N-Anatolia, NE-Anatolia, NW-Anatolia: Bithynia, S-Anatolia); Iran (N-Iran); Syria (W-Syrian Mountains)
10 DEN FIN GRB IRE NOR SWE 11 AUT BGM CZE GER HUN LUX NET POL SLO SWI 12 ADO COR FRA POR SAR SPA 13 ALB BIH BUL CRO GRC ITA KOS MLT MNT NMA ROM SIC SMA SRB TUE 14 UKR 20 ALG MOR TUN 33 ARM AZE GEO NCS 34 IRN SYR TUR
Synonyms: hidden
= Dalucum lobelianum Bubani; Fl. Pyren. [Bubani] 4: 353 (1901), nom. illeg. superfl.
= Melica lobelii Vill.; J. E. Gilibert, Syst. Pl. Eur. 1: 6 (1786)
= Melica nutans Lam.; Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791), nom. illeg.
= Melica nutans subsp. uniflora (Retz.) Ehrh.; Hannover. Mag. 18: 215 (1780)
= Melica nutans subsp. uniflora Bonnier & Layens; Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France 364 (1894)
= Melica uniflora f. pallida Lorenzen; J. Lange, Haandb. Danske Fl., Rett. og Tilf., ed. 4: 7 (1897)
= Melica uniflora f. pilosa (Papp) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 169 (2012)
= Melica uniflora var. autumnalis (Pers.) Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 332 (1932)
= Melica uniflora var. leiophylla Maire & Weiller; Fl. Afrique N. 3: 18 (1955)
= Melica uniflora var. mollis Papp; Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 18: 458 (1933)
= Melica uniflora var. pilosa Papp; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 332 (1932)
= Poa uniflora (L.) Muhl.; 151 (1817)
species :
Melica violacea Cav.; Icon. [Cavanilles] 5: 47 (1799)
Distribution: Chile (Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Metropolitana de Santiago, O´Higgins, Maule, Ñuble, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Rios)
85 CLE
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica alata Nees ex Steud.; Syn. Pl. Glumac. [Steudel] 1: 290 (1954)
= Melica alata var. filiculmis (É.Desv.) Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 111 (1928)
= Melica alata var. mollis Papp; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 25: 111 (1928)
= Melica filiculmis É.Desv.; Fl. Chil. [Gay] 6: 378 (1853)
= Melica laxiflora Cav.; Icon. [Cavanilles] 5: 48. pl. 473, f. 2 (1799)
= Melica valdiviana Phil.; Anales Univ. Chile 572 (1873)
= Melica violacea f. mollis (Papp) Hempel; Feddes Repert. 84(7- 8): 557 (1973)
species :
Melica virgata Turcz. ex Trin.; Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 369 (1831)
Distribution: Siberia (Buryatia, Chita); China (Gansu, Hebei, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Sichuan); Tibet; Mongolia
30 SIB 36 CHI TIB 37 MON
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica nodosa Turcz. ex Griseb.; Fl. Ross. [Ledebour] 4: 398 (1852), pro syn.
species :
Melica yajiangensis Z.L.Wu; Acta Phytotax. Sin. 30(2): 172-174, f. 2, 1-8 (1992)
Distribution: China (Sichuan)
36 CHI
Remarks: only known from the type
species :
Melica ×aschersonii M.Schulze; Mitt. Bot. Ver. Jena 7: (1889) 38. 7: 38 (1889)
Distribution: Europe; Germany (Bayern, Thüringen); Czech Republic; Slovakia; European Russia; etc.
11 CZE GER SLO 14 RUS
Remarks: Melica nutans L. x Melica picta K. Koch
species :
Melica ×haussknechtii W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 183 (2012)
Distribution: Syria; etc.
34 SYR
Remarks: Melica ciliata x M. persica
species :
Melica ×thuringiaca Rauschert; Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 76: 239 (1963)
Distribution: Italy; Croatia; Bosnia & Hercegovina; Germany (Bayern, Hessen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Thüringen); European Russia; etc.
11 GER 13 BIH CRO ITA 14 RUS
Remarks: Melica ciliata L. x Melica transsilvanica Schur
Synonyms: hidden
= Melica ciliata nothosubsp. thuringiaca (Rauschert) B.Bock; Bull. Soc. Bot. Centre-Ouest 43: 220 (2012)
= Melica ciliata var. chrysolepis (Klokov) Tzvelev; Zlaki S.S.S.R. 554 (1976)
= Melica ×chrysolepis Klokov; Bot. Zhurn. (Kiev) 4(1-2): 93 (1947)
= Melica ×thuringiaca nothosubsp. austriaca W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 181 (2012), nom. inval.
= Melica ×thuringiaca nothosubsp. chrysolepis (Klokov) W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 183 (2012)
= Melica ×thuringiaca nothosubsp. langeana W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122: 182 (2012)
species :
Melica ×tzvelevii W.Hempel; Feddes Repert. 122(1-2): 179 (2012)
Distribution: Germany; etc.
11 GER
Remarks: Melica altissima x M. ciliata
species :
Melica ×weinii Hempel; Hercynia, n. s. 7: 332 (1970)
Distribution: Europe; Germany (Brandenburg, Sachsen-Anhalt); European Russia
11 GER 14 RUS
Remarks: Melica nutans x Melica uniflora
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