Melica picta

Melica picta

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 picta

Name

Melica picta K.Koch, 1848

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Melica nutans var. picta (K.Koch) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 400 (1852)
• Heterotypic
  • Melica picta f. pilosa Papp in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 789 (1972)
  • Melica viridiflora Czern. in Consp. Pl. Charcov.: 73 (1859), nom. nud.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe Regional: Central Europe Austria, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Poland Regional: Eastern Europe Bulgaria, Central European Russia, Romania, South European Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Yugoslavia Regional: Northern Europe Finland, Northwest European Russia Continental: Asia-Temperate Regional: Caucasus North Caucasus, Transcaucasus References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Koch, K.H.E.: 1848. Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange. Berlin 21:395.

Additional references

• Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melica picta in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Melica picta. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 January 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Melica picta. 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 02. Reference page. 
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• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melica picta in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2023 January 02.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Buntes Perlgras
suomi: Mätäshelmikkä
polski: Perłówka kolorowa

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