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Melica ciliata

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Internal ID UUID6440313edebbf555391550
Scientific name Melica ciliata
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 66 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Arundo ciliata [Clairv.] Man. Herbor. Suisse : 16 (1811)
Beckeria ciliata Bernh. Syst. Verz. (Bernhardi) 40. 1800
Beckeria montana Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf. 40. 1800 (1800)
Claudia ciliata (L.) Opiz Lotos 3: 67 (1853)
Dalucum ciliatum Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 350 (1901)
Lasiagrostis variegata G.Mey. Chloris Han. : 654 (1836)
Melica ceretana Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. France 73: 677 (1926 publ. 1927)
Melica balansae Boiss. & Balansa Diagn. Pl. Orient. , ser. 2, 4: 132 (1859)
Melica bauhini Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol. : 37 (1831)
Melica bossieri Reut. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 589 (1884)
Melica caespitosa Schur Sert. Fl. Transsilv. : 86 (1853)
Melica cappadocica Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 589 (1884)
Melica ciliata f. aequiglumis (Papp) Papp & Beldee Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 24 3 (1972)
Melica ciliata f. flavescens (Schur) Papp & Beldie Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 243 (1972)
Melica ciliata f. latifolia Papp Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 789 (1972)
Melica ciliata f. pappii Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 119 (1971 publ. 1972)
Melica ciliata f. violacea (Papp) Papp & Beldie Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 243 (1972)
Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) Rouy Fl. France 14: 183 1913
Melica ciliata subsp. magnolii (Gren. & Godr.) Husn. Graminées 56 1898
Melica ciliata subsp. micrantha (Boiss. & Hohen.) Soják Cas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Prír. 151: 14 (1982)
Melica ciliata subsp. monticola (Prokud.) Tzvelev Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 103-106: 53 (1972)
Melica ciliata subsp. nebrodensis (Parl.) Husn. Graminées 56. 1898 (1898)
Melica ciliata subsp. taurica (K.Koch) Tzvelev Spisok Rast. Gerb. Fl. S.S.S.R. Bot. Inst. Vsesojuzn. Akad. Nauk 103-106: 53 (1972)
Melica ciliata var. aequiglumis Papp Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 293 1932
Melica ciliata var. brachyantha Hack. ex Trab. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 32(7): 396. 1886
Melica ciliata var. elata Trab. Fl. Alger 78 1884
Melica ciliata var. flavescens Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 764 1866
Melica ciliata var. glabrata Celak. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 40: 10. 1890
Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 78 1896
Melica ciliata var. major Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 722 (1878)
Melica ciliata var. micrantha (Boiss. & Hohen.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 589 1884
Melica ciliata var. nebrodensis (Parl.) Coss. & Durieu Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 132 1855
Melica ciliata var. taurica (K.Koch) Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4: 398 1852
Melica ciliata var. tomentella Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 580. 1884
Melica ciliata var. varia Griseb. Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4: 397. 1852
Melica ciliata var. violacea Papp Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 299 1932
Melica ciliata var. vulgaris Coss. & Durieu Expl. Sci. Algérie 2: 132 1855
Melica colorata Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées : 80 (1867)
Melica cretica Boiss. & Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 54 (1854)
Melica cristata Trin. Fund. Agrost. : 163 (1820)
Melica flavescens Simonk. Enum. Fl. Transsilv. : 577 (1887)
Melica glauca F.W.Schultz Flora 45: 462 (1862)
Melica laxiflora Boiss. & C.I.Blanche Fl. Orient. 5: 589 (1884)
Melica linnaei Hack. ex Papp Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 65: 292 (1932)
Melica lutescens Lojac. Fl. Sicul. 3: 317 (1909)
Melica magnolii Godr. & Gren. Fl. France 3: 550 (1856)
Melica micrantha Boiss. & Hohen. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 53 (1854)
Melica monticola Prokudin Trudy Gosud. Nikitsk. Bot. Sada 25(1-2): 129 (1948)
Melica nebrodensis Parl. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 2: 198 (1844)
Melica nebrodensis var. magnolii (Gren. & Godr.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 346 1900
Melica provincialis Clar. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 119 (1841)
Melica pubescens Desv. Mém. Soc. Agric. Angers 1: 169 (1831)
Melica simulans Klokov Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 4(1-2): 93 (1947)
Melica taurica K.Koch Linnaea 21: 395 (1848)
Melica taurica subsp. monticola (Prokudin) Prokudin Fl. Kryma 1(4): 70. 1951 (1951)
Melica tinei Lojac. in Natur. Sic. i. (1882) 9.
Melica transsilvanica var. glabrata (Celak.) Celak.& Love Fl. URSS 2: 224 1934
Verinea pterostachys Merino in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. xxviii. (1899) 9.
Beckeria ciliata (L.) Bernh. ex B.D.Jacks. Index Kew. 1: 282 1893
Melica taurica subsp. monticola Prok.
Melica ciliata var. glabrata Čelak. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 40: 10. 1890
Melica ciliata subsp. magnolii (Gren.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 78 1890
Melica ciliata f. micrantha W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 73 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. vulgaris W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 73 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. villiculmis (Bornm.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 73 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. major (Ball) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 77 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. hirtella W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 77 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. puberula W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 82 (2012)
Melica cretica f. laxiflora W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 106 (2012)
Melica cretica f. villigera (Bornm.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 106 (2012)
Melica ciliata f. nebrodensis (Parl.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 82 (2012)
Melica cretica subsp. greuteri W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 106 (2012)
Melica cretica subsp. brachyantha (Hack. ex Trab.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 107 (2012)
Melica cretica subsp. monticola (Prokudin) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 107 (2012)
Melica ciliata subvar. villiculmis Bornm. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 140: 167 (1928)
Melica ciliata var. flaveola W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 73 (2012)
Melica ciliata var. graeca W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 77 (2012)
Melica cretica var. laconiae W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 105 (2012)
Melica nebrodensis var. villigera Bornm. Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 31(2): 275 (1924)
Melica cretica var. major (Heldr. ex Papp) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 108 (2012)
Melica cretica var. balansae (Boiss. & Balansa) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 108 (2012)
Melica ciliata subsp. glauca (F.W.Schultz) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur. : 817 (1882)
Melica ciliata f. major Papp Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 2, 26: 806 (1940)
Melica ciliata subf. subplanifolia Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17: 119 (1971 publ. 1972)
Melica cretica subsp. laxiflora W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 105 (2012)
Melica ciliata var. laxiflora (Boiss. & C.I.Blanche) Papp Acad. Româna, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 207 (1937)
Melica tineoi Lojac. Naturalista Sicil. 1: 9 (1882)
Melica ciliata var. uniflora Rion Guide Bot. Valais : 229 (1872)
Melica ciliata var. pallida Lindem. Fl. Cherson. 2: 290 (1882)
Melica nebrodensis var. parlatorei Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 345 (1900)
Melica ciliata var. biflora Rion Guide Bot. Valais : 229 (1872)
Melica ciliata var. parlatorei Papp Bot. Jahrb. Syst. : f. 137 (1932)
Melica ciliata var. intermedia Rouy Rev. Sci. Nat. (Montpellier) , sér. 3, 3: 64 (1883)
Melica ciliata var. bourgaei Griseb. ex Pantoc Verh. Vereins Natur- Heilk. Presburg 2: 15 (1872)
Melica ciliata var. arenicola Kirschl. Fl. Alsace 2: 318 (1857)
Melica ciliata var. linnaei Hack. Nachtr. Fl. Nieder-Oesterr. : 19 (1882)
Melica ciliata var. macrostachya Lecoq & Lamotte Cat. Pl. Plateau Central : 396 (1847)
Melica ciliata var. rupestris Trab. Fl. Algérie , Monocot.: 78 (1884)
Beckeria ciliata Bernh. ex Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. , ed. 2, 1: 54 (1850)
Melica ciliata f. pillata Papp Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 24: 197 (1937)
Melica ciliata f. simplex Papp Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy, Pt. 2, Sci. Nat. 26: 806 (1940)
Melica ciliata f. planifolia Papp Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 20: 144, 145 (1940)
Melica ciliata subf. planifolia Papp Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 20: 144, 145 (1940)
Melica ciliata var. latifolia Papp Ann. Sci. Univ. Jassy 18: 457 (1933)

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Language Common/alternative name
Spanish triguerillo
Spanish verinea pterostachys
Spanish melica taurica
Spanish melica simulans
Spanish melica glauca
Spanish melica flavescens
Spanish claudia ciliata
Spanish beckeria montana
Spanish beckeria ciliata
Spanish arundo ciliata
Spanish triguerillas
Spanish espiguillas de seda
Spanish triguerilla
Arabic ميليكا سيلياتا
Belarusian Перлаўка раснічастая
Bulgarian ресничеста бисерка
Catalan serrell de muntanya
Czech strdivka brvitá
Danish håret flitteraks
German wimper-perlgras
Estonian ripshelmikas
Persian ملیکای مژهدار
Finnish tähkähelmikkä
French mélique ciliée
Upper Sorbian mikawčkaty paćernik
Norwegian Bokmål grushengeaks
Polish perłówka orzęsiona
Swedish grusslok
Swedish alvarmelika
Ukrainian Перлівка війчаста
Chinese 小穗臭草

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  • Africa
    • Macaronesia
      • Madeira
    • Northern Africa
      • Algeria
      • Morocco
      • Tunisia
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • Xinjiang
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Turkmenistan
    • Western Asia
      • East Aegean Islands
      • Iran
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Finland
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Albania
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Kriti
      • Romania
      • Sicilia
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • Baleares
      • Corse
      • France
      • Portugal
      • Sardegna
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000879094
USDA Plants MECI13
Tropicos 25509747
Flora of Italy 7356
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:407959-1
The Plant List kew-423496
Open Tree Of Life 202310
NCBI Taxonomy 52156
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200002629
IPNI 407959-1
iNaturalist 333961
GBIF 2703124
Freebase /m/0c411j4
EPPO MECCI
EOL 1115021
Elurikkus 5685
USDA GRIN 23953
Wikipedia Melica_ciliata

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Scientific Literature Top

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Ecological and Syntaxonomic Analysis of the Communities of Glebionis coronaria and G. discolor (Malvion neglectae) in the European Mediterranean Area Cano E, Cano-Ortiz A, Quinto Canas R, Piñar Fuentes JC, Rodrigues Meireles C, Raposo M, Pinto Gomes C, Laface VL, Spampinato G, Musarella CM Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2024
PMCID:PMC10934477
doi:10.3390/plants13050568
PMID:38475415
Melica as an emerging model system for comparative studies in temperate Pooideae grasses Khodaverdi M, Mullinger MD, Shafer HR, Preston JC Ann Bot 11-Sep-2023
PMCID:PMC10902897
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad136
PMID:37696761
Phylogenetic data reveal a surprising origin of Euphorbia orphanidis (Euphorbiaceae) and environmental modeling suggests that microtopology limits its distribution to small patches in Mt. Parnassus (Greece) Faltner F, Wessely J, Frajman B Front Plant Sci 16-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9978759
doi:10.3389/fpls.2023.1116496
PMID:36875595
Southern Carpathian ultramafic grasslands within the central-southeast European context: syntaxonomic classification and overall eco-coenotic patterns Coldea G, Gafta D, Negrean G, Stoica AI, Hurdu BI Bot Stud 12-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9556682
doi:10.1186/s40529-022-00355-8
PMID:36222902
A Global Overview of Diversity and Phylogeny of the Rust Genus Uromyces Gautam AK, Avasthi S, Verma RK, Sushma, Niranjan M, Devadatha B, Jayawardena RS, Suwannarach N, Karunarathna SC J Fungi (Basel) 14-Jun-2022
PMCID:PMC9224716
doi:10.3390/jof8060633
PMID:35736116
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
Diet Selection by the Italian Hare (Lepus corsicanus de Winton, 1898) in Two Protected Coastal Areas of Latium Freschi P, Fascetti S, Riga F, Rizzardini G, Fortebraccio M, Ragni M, Paolino R, Cosentino C Animals (Basel) 09-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8944817
doi:10.3390/ani12060687
PMID:35327084
Epichloë scottii sp. nov., a new endophyte isolated from Melica uniflora is the missing ancestor of Epichloë disjuncta Thünen T, Becker Y, Cox MP, Ashrafi S IMA Fungus 03-Feb-2022
PMCID:PMC8812020
doi:10.1186/s43008-022-00088-0
PMID:35109929
Ecological and Biological Properties of Satureja cuneifolia Ten. and Thymus spinulosus Ten.: Two Wild Officinal Species of Conservation Concern in Apulia (Italy). A Preliminary Survey Perrino EV, Valerio F, Jallali S, Trani A, Mezzapesa GN Plants (Basel) 18-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8471076
doi:10.3390/plants10091952
PMID:34579485
Chemical and Phytocoenological Characteristics of Two Different Slovak Peatlands Fazekašová D, Barančíková G, Fazekaš J, Štofejová L, Halas J, Litavec T, Liptaj T Plants (Basel) 24-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8309078
doi:10.3390/plants10071290
PMID:34202908
DNA Metabarcoding for Quality Control of Basil, Oregano, and Paprika Raclariu-Manolică AC, Anmarkrud JA, Kierczak M, Rafati N, Thorbek BL, Schrøder-Nielsen A, de Boer HJ Front Plant Sci 04-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8213367
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.665618
PMID:34149762
An unknown hotspot of plant diversity in the heart of the Central Apennine: flora and vegetation outline of Mt. Pozzoni-St. Rufo valley (Cittareale, Rieti) Lattanzi E, Del Vico E, Tranquilli R, Farris E, Marignani M, Rosati L PhytoKeys 31-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8390790
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.178.62947
PMID:34475797
Taxonomic revision of Blumeria based on multi-gene DNA sequences, host preferences and morphology Liu M, Braun U, Takamatsu S, Hambleton S, Shoukouhi P, Bisson KR, Hubbard K Mycoscience 20-May-2021
PMCID:PMC9157761
doi:10.47371/mycosci.2020.12.003
PMID:37091321
Comparison of the Virome of Quarantined Sugarcane Varieties and the Virome of Grasses Growing near the Quarantine Station Daugrois JH, Filloux D, Julian C, Claude L, Ferdinand R, Fernandez E, Fontes H, Rott PC, Roumagnac P Viruses 16-May-2021
PMCID:PMC8157134
doi:10.3390/v13050922
PMID:34065683
Floristic and Vegetation Changes on a Small Mediterranean Island over the Last Century Sciandrello S, Cambria S, Giusso del Galdo G, Guarino R, Minissale P, Pasta S, Tavilla G, Cristaudo A Plants (Basel) 01-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8065674
doi:10.3390/plants10040680
PMID:33916121

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