Poaceae
Melica

Melica persica Kunth

First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 351 (1830)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to Nepal. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, China North-Central, China South-Central, Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Nepal, North Caucasus, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Fedtschenko, B.A. & al. (1932). Flora Turkmenii 1: 1-340. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1957). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 1: 1-547. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Pavlov, N.V. (ed.) (1956). Flora Kazakhstana 1: 1-354. Alma-Ata, Izd-vo Akademii nauk Kazakhskoi SSR.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Roshevitz, R.J. & al. (eds.) (1950). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 2: 1-315. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jacquemont, V.V. [294] India K000032234 Type Yes
Schimper, W.P. [104] Egypt K000789999 Type Yes
Strachey, R.; Winterbroom, J.E. [s.n.] India K000032232 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [65] Syria K000808006 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boissier P.E. [s.n.] Syria K000808007 Unknown Type Material Yes
Haussknecht, H.C. [s.n.] K000808536 Unknown Type Material Yes
Clarke, C.B. [29959] India K000032230 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G, T. [718] Iraq K000808004 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, J.F. [300] India K000032235 Type Yes
Gaillardot, C. [2325] Syria K000789998 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.T.G. [754] Iran K000808538 Isotype Yes
Schlagintweit, H.A.R.von [2761] India K000032229 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.T.G. [494] Iran K000808537 Isotype Yes
Kotschy, K.T.G. [315] Iran K000808541 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G, T. [366] Iraq K000808003 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G, T. [s.n.] Iraq K000808005 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.T.G. [315] Iran K000808539 Type Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China K000032233 Type Yes
Clarke, C.B. [29979b] India K000808522 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.T.G. [494] Iran K000808540 Isotype Yes
Thomson, T. [s.n.] China K000032231 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [895] Iran K000808001 Type Yes
illegible [275] Iran K000808002 Type Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [338] Turkey K000808529 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kotschy, K.G.T. [754] Iran K000790000 Type Yes
Grossheim, A.A. [3664] Azerbaijan Melica schischkinii K000808530 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images