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Melica californica

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Ethnobotanical Use
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Internal ID UUID6440313e8d7dd295370217
Scientific name Melica californica
Authority Scribn.
First published in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 37: 46 (1885)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melica bulbosa Thurb. Bot. California 2: 304 (1880)
Melica californica var. nevadensis Boyle Madroño 8: 17 (1945)
Melica longiligula Scribn. & Kearney Bull. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 17: 225 (1899)

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Language Common/alternative name
English california melicgrass
Persian ملیکای کالیفرنیا

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  • Northern America
    • Northwestern U.S.A.
      • Oregon
    • Southwestern U.S.A.
      • California

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000879080
USDA Plants MECA2
Tropicos 25512152
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407947-1
The Plant List kew-423483
Open Tree Of Life 345906
NCBI Taxonomy 37725
Nature Serve 2.137610
IPNI 407947-1
iNaturalist 57186
GBIF 2703122
Freebase /m/07s9xmr
EOL 1115013
Calflora (Californian flora) 5392
USDA GRIN 414937
Wikipedia Melica_californica

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Major niche transitions in Pooideae correlate with variation in photoperiodic flowering and evolution of CCT domain genes Fjellheim S, Young DA, Paliocha M, Johnsen SS, Schubert M, Preston JC J Exp Bot 08-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9232202
doi:10.1093/jxb/erac149
PMID:35394528
The use of strip-seeding for management of two late-season invasive plants Silva AD, Roche LM, Gornish ES Heliyon 22-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6535581
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e01772
PMID:31193533
Summer dormancy, drought survival and functional resource acquisition strategies in California perennial grasses Balachowski JA, Bristiel PM, Volaire FA Ann Bot 20-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC4970370
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw109
PMID:27325898
Resource colimitation governs plant community responses to altered precipitation Eskelinen A, Harrison SP Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 05-Oct-2015
PMCID:PMC4620885
doi:10.1073/pnas.1508170112
PMID:26438856
Grassland Arthropods Are Controlled by Direct and Indirect Interactions with Cattle but Are Largely Unaffected by Plant Provenance Farrell KA, Harpole WS, Stein C, Suding KN, Borer ET PLoS One 09-Jul-2015
PMCID:PMC4497643
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0129823
PMID:26158494
Evaluating Ecosystem Services Provided by Non-Native Species: An Experimental Test in California Grasslands Stein C, Hallett LM, Harpole WS, Suding KN PLoS One 15-Sep-2014
PMCID:PMC4164352
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0075396
PMID:25222028
Non-random biodiversity loss underlies predictable increases in viral disease prevalence Lacroix C, Jolles A, Seabloom EW, Power AG, Mitchell CE, Borer ET J R Soc Interface 06-Mar-2014
PMCID:PMC3899862
doi:10.1098/rsif.2013.0947
PMID:24352672
Phytolith Assemblages and Systematic Associations in Grassland Species of the South-Eastern Pampean Plains, Argentina FERNÁNDEZ HONAINE M, ZUCOL AF, OSTERRIETH ML Ann Bot 01-Dec-2006
PMCID:PMC3292269
doi:10.1093/aob/mcl207
PMID:17030553

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