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Published In: Species Plantarum 1: 66. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.) Name publication detailView in BotanicusView in Biodiversity Heritage Library
 

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)
Acceptance : Accepted
Project Data     (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)
General/Distribution: A genus of about 60 species in warm temperate regions except Australia; 5 species occur in Pakistan.

 

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Spikelets 2-several-flowered, the lower 1-3 florets fertile, the upper 2-3 sometimes reduced to a clavate mass of sterile lemmas or these scarcely distinguishable from the fertile; glumes ± unequal, firmly membranous or sometimes with broad hyaline margins, 3-5-nerved, rounded on the back, becoming hardened, 5-9(-13)-nerved, the nerves sometimes obscure, entire, awnless.
 

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1 Lemmas glabrous (2)
+ Lemmas ciliate with long straight hairs Melica persica
2 (1) Inflorescence simple or sparingly branched at the base, the branches not more than 2 cm long (3)
+ Inflorescence branched, the branches spreading, up to 15 cm long (4)
3 (2) Glumes firmly membranous, obtuse; ligule obscure, 0.2-0.3 mm long Melica nutans
+ Glumes broadly hyaline on the margins and at the tip; ligule distinct, 3.5-5 mm long Melica secunda
4 (2) Spikelets 8.5-13 mm long; lowest lemma 7-8.5 mm long; lower glume 3.5-4.5 mm long Melica scaberrima
+ Spikelets 6.5-8 mm long; lowest lemma 4.5-5.5 mm long; lower glume 2.5-3.3 mm long Melica onoei
 
 
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