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Melica L.

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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 66. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Synonymy

Beckeria Bernh.
Bromelica (Thurb.) Farw.
Claudia Opiz
Dalucum Adans.
Verinea Merino

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 8/4/2009)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 8/4/2009)

Project Code : AGF

Degree of acceptance : 1 - Accepted

Bibliography :

Soreng, R. J. 2003. Melica. 48: 432–450. In R. J. Soreng, P. M. Peterson, G. Davidse, E. J. Judziewicz, F. O. Zuloaga, T. S. Filgueiras & O. Morrone (eds.) Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Alternate Ref ID :

Muñoz-Schick, M. 1983-1984. Revisión de las especies del género Melica L. (Gramineae) en Chile. Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Santiago de Chile 40: 41–89.
Boyle, W. S. 1945. A cyto-taxonomic study of the North American species of Melica. Madroño 8(1): 1–26.
Torres, M. A. 1980. Revisión de las especies argentinas del género Melica L. (Gramineae). Opera Lilloana 29: 1–15.
Hempel, W. 1970. Taxonomische und chorologische untersuchungen an Arten von Melica L. subgen. Melica. Feddes Repert. 81(1–5): 131–145.
Hempel, W. 1971. Die systematische Stellung von Melica uniflora Retz. und Melica rectiflora Boiss. er Heldr. Feddes Repert. 81(10): 657–686.
Hempel, W. 1973. Die systematische Stellung von Melica altissima L. und des Melica minuta L. - Melica ramosa Vill. - Komplexes (Melica L. Subgen. Altimelica Hempel). Feddes Repert. 84(7–8): 533–568.
Hempel, W. 2004. Die infragenerische Gliederung der Gattung Melica L. Haussknechtia 10: 169–198.

Alternate Note : Infrageneric classification modified in 2005 according to the classification of Hempel (2004)

Subfamily : Pooideae Benth.

Tribe : Meliceae Link ex Endl.

Lower Taxa

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Melica acuminata Bol. = Melica subulata (Griseb.) Scribn.
Melica adhaerens Hack. = Melica chilensis J. Presl
Melica alata Nees = Melica violacea Cav.
*Melica alba Hitchc. = Melica montezumae Piper
!Melica sect. Altimelica W. Hempel
Melica subg. Altimelica W. Hempel
*Melica altissima Walter = Lolium canadense Michx. ex Roem. & Schult.
!Melica altissima L.
Melica amethystina Pourr.
Melica ampla Phil. = Melica argentata E. Desv.
Melica andina Hauman = Melica chilensis J. Presl
Melica animarum Muj.-Sall. & M. Marchi
**Melica anomala Scribn. ex Beal = Muhlenbergia longiligula Hitchc.
Melica aquatica (L.) Loisel. = Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P. Beauv.
Melica argentata E. Desv.
Melica argentea (Howell ex Vasey) Beal = Poa pringlei Scribn.
Melica argyrea Hack.
Melica aristata Thurb. ex Bol.
Melica arzivencoi Valls & Barcellos
Melica aurantiaca Desr. ex Lam. = Melica brasiliana Ard.
Melica bauhinii All. = Melica amethystina Pourr.
Melica sect. Beckeria (Bernh.) Asch. = Melica sect. Dalycum Dumort.
*Melica bella Piper = Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.
Melica berteroana Phil. = Melica longiflora Steud.
Melica subg. Blepharolepis Papp = Melica subg. Altimelica W. Hempel
Melica bonariensis Parodi
Melica brasiliana Ard.
Melica brevicoronata Roseng., B.R. Arrill. & Izag.
Melica [unranked] Bromelica Thurb. = Melica subg. Bulbimelica W. Hempel
!Melica sect. Bromelica (Thurb.) Hitchc.
Melica bromoides Bol. ex A. Gray = Melica geyeri Munro
Melica sect. Bulbimelica W. Hempel = Melica sect. Bromelica (Thurb.) Hitchc.
Melica subg. Bulbimelica W. Hempel
Melica subsect. Bulbimelica W. Hempel = Melica sect. Bromelica (Thurb.) Hitchc.
*Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Thurb. = Melica californica Scribn.
!Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.
Melica cajamarcensis Pilg. = Melica scabra Kunth
Melica californica Scribn.
Melica cepacea (Phil.) Scribn.
Melica chilensis J. Presl
Melica subsect. Chondrachyrum (Nees) W. Hempel = Chascolytrum Desv.
Melica chrysolepis Klokov = Melica ciliata L.
Melica ciliata L.
Melica colpodioides Nees = Melica imperfecta Trin.
**Melica colpodoides var. sesquiflora Nees
Melica commersonii Nees
Melica commutata Steud. = Melica commersonii Nees
Melica cordobensis Hack. = Melica stuckertii Hack.
**Melica curtipendula Michx. ex Steud. = Bouteloua curtipendula (Michx.) Torr. var. curtipendula
Melica × curtisetosa (Scribn.) R.W. Pohl = Muhlenbergia × curtisetosa (Scribn.) Bush
Melica sect. Dalycum Dumort.
Melica decipiens Caro
**Melica decumbens Papp = Melica lilloi Bech.
!Melica decumbens (L.) Weber = Danthonia decumbens (L.) DC.
Melica diffusa Pursh = Melica mutica Walter
Melica effusa (L.) Salisb. = Milium effusum L.
Melica eremophila Torres
Melica exaltata Phil. = Melica longiflora Steud.
**Melica expansa Steud. ex Lechl. = Poa gilgiana Pilg.
Melica filiculmis E. Desv. = Melica violacea Cav.
Melica fischeri (R. Br.) Spreng. = Dupontia fisheri R. Br.
Melica flava Nees = Melica longiflora Steud.
Melica flavescens (Schur) Simonk. = Melica ciliata L.
Melica fluitans (L.) Raspail = Glyceria fluitans (L.) R. Br.
Melica frutescens Scribn.
Melica fugax Bol.
Melica geyeri Munro
Melica glabra Michx. = Melica mutica Walter
**Melica glabra Steud. = Melica argentata E. Desv.
Melica glabrescens (Torres) Torres
Melica glauca F.W. Schultz = Melica ciliata L.
Melica subg. Gymnolepis Papp = Melica subg. Altimelica W. Hempel
Melica hallii Vasey = Festuca hallii (Vasey) Piper
Melica harfordii Bol.
Melica hirta Phil. = Melica longiflora Steud.
Melica hitchcockii B. Boivin
Melica hunzikeri Nicora
Melica hyalina Döll
Melica imperfecta Trin.
Melica inflata (Bol.) Vasey = Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.
!Melica latifolia Roxb. ex Hornem. = Thysanolaena latifolia (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda
*Melica latifolia Roxb. = Thysanolaena latifolia (Roxb. ex Hornem.) Honda
**Melica laxiflora E. Desv. ex Muñoz-Schick = Melica longiflora Steud.
Melica laxiflora Cav. = Melica violacea Cav.
Melica lilloi Bech.
*Melica litoralis Phil. = Melica amethystina Pourr.
Melica longiflora Steud.
Melica longiligula Scribn. & Kearney = Melica californica Scribn.
Melica macbridei Rowland ex A. Nelson = Melica fugax Bol.
Melica macra Nees
Melica sect. Macrae W. Hempel
Melica macrantha (Vasey) Beal = Poa macrantha Vasey
Melica magellanica Desr. = Anthoxanthum redolens (Vahl) P. Royen
Melica majuscula Pilg. = Melica scabra Kunth
Melica mandonii Papp = Melica chilensis J. Presl
Melica sect. Melica
Melica subg. Melica
Melica sect. Melicella W. Hempel
Melica subsect. Melicella W. Hempel
Melica subsect. Melicula W. Hempel

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