Melica altissima

Melica altissima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Meliceae
Genus: Melica
Species: Melica altissima

Name

Melica altissima L., 1753

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Melica altissima var. atropurpurea Papp in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 322 (1932)
  • Melica altissima var. interrupta Rchb. in Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 1: 30 (1834), nom. illeg.
  • Melica altissima var. interrupta Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 78 (1805)
  • Melica sibirica Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791)

Homonyms

• Melica altissima Walter = Melica mutica Walter
• Melica altissima Sobol. = Catabrosa aquatica (L.) P.Beauv.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Central Asia Altay, Buryatiya, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, Xinjiang Regional: Western Asia Iran, North Caucasus, Turkey Regional: Siberia Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutskiya Continental: Europe Regional: Middle Europe Austria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary Regional: Eastern Europe Bulgaria, Central European Rus, East European Russia Regional: Southeastern Europe Krym, Romania, South European Russi, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Germany, Italy, New York, Oklahoma, Ontario, Poland References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 66. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melica altissima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 01. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Melica altissima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 01 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Melica altissima. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 01. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melica altissima. Published online. Accessed: January 01 2023.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melica altissima in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Hohes Perlgras
English: Siberian melicgrass
suomi: Isohelmikkä

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