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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Melica

Hierarchical position of the Genus Melica

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Commelinidae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 171. Jan-Mar 1967. common name: Grasses, Sedges, Rushes       SuperOrdo  Juncanae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 510. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Poales Small pub. Fl. S.E. U.S.: 48. 1903.       Familia  Poaceae (R. Br.) Barnh. pub. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 7. 15 Jan 1895, nom. cons. common name: Gramineae       Tribus  Meliceae (Link) Endl. pub. Fl. Poson.: 116. Mai 1830.       Subtribus  Melicinae Fr. pub. Fl. Scan.: 204, 208. 1835.       Genus  Melica L. pub. (1753) common name: melicgrass

Named members of the Genus Melica

1	Species  altissima L. common name: Siberian melicgrass
2	Species  aristata Thurb. ex Boland. common name: bearded melicgrass
3	Species  bella Piper
	4    Subspecies  intonsa Piper syn. Melica bulbosa
5	Species  bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & Coult.
	6    Varietas  inflata (Boland.) Boyle syn. Melica bulbosa 7    Varietas  intonsa (Piper) M.E. Peck syn. Melica bulbosa 8    Varietas  spectabilis (Scribn.) Boivin syn. Melica spectabilis
9	Species  californica Scribn.
	10    Varietas  californica common name: California melicgrass 11    Varietas  nevadensis Boyle common name: California melicgrass
12	Species  frutescens Scribn. common name: woody melicgrass
13	Species  fugax Boland.
	14    Varietas  inexpansa Suksdorf syn. Melica fugax 15    Varietas  macbridei (Rowland ex A. Nels.) Beetle syn. Melica fugax 16    Subspecies  madophylla Piper syn. Melica fugax
17	Species  geyeri Munro ex Boland.
	18    Varietas  aristulata J.T. Howell common name: Geyer's oniongrass 19    Varietas  geyeri common name: Geyer's oniongrass
20	Species  hallii Vasey syn. Festuca hallii
21	Species  harfordii Boland.
	22    Varietas  minor Vasey syn. Melica harfordii
23	Species  imperfecta Trin. common name: California melic
	24    Varietas  flexuosa Boland. syn. Melica imperfecta 25    Varietas  minor Scribn. syn. Melica imperfecta 26    Varietas  refracta Thurb. syn. Melica imperfecta
27	Species  inflata (Boland.) Vasey syn. Melica bulbosa
28	Species  montezumae Piper common name: Montezuma melicgrass
29	Species  multinervosa Vasey syn. Vaseyochloa multinervosa
30	Species  mutica Walt. common name: twoflower melicgrass
31	Species  nitens (Scribn.) Nutt. ex Piper common name: threeflower melicgrass
32	Species  porteri Scribn.
	33    Varietas  laxa Boyle common name: Porter's melicgrass 34    Varietas  porteri common name: Porter's melicgrass
35	Species  purpurascens (Torr.) A.S. Hitchc. syn. Schizachne purpurascens
36	Species  smithii (Porter ex Gray) Vasey common name: Smith's melicgrass
37	Species  spectabilis Scribn. common name: purple oniongrass
38	Species  stricta Boland.
	39    Varietas  albicaulis Boyle common name: rock melicgrass 40    Varietas  stricta common name: rock melicgrass
41	Species  subulata (Griseb.) Scribn.
	42    Varietas  pammelii (Scribn.) C.L. Hitchc. common name: Pammel's oniongrass 43    Varietas  subulata common name: Alaska oniongrass
44	Species  torreyana Scribn. common name: Torrey's melicgrass

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.