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Internal ID UUID64403141d4b9d921272855
Scientific name Melica nutans
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 66 (1753)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Aira nutans Weber Prim. Fl. Holsat. : 7 (1780)
Dalucum nutans Bubani Fl. Pyren. 4: 352 (1901)
Melica komarovii Luchnik Vestn. Dal'nevost. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 31(4): 124. 1938 , as 'Komarovi'
Melica montana Huds. Fl. Angl. , ed. 2: 37 (1778)
Melica montana Lamarck Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791)
Melica nutans f. fissurae (Nyar.) Papp & Beldie Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 248 (1972)
Melica nutans subsp. amurensis Prob. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1412 (1983)
Melica nutans subsp. grandiflora (Koidz.) T.Koyama Grass. Japan : 515 (1987)
Melica nutans var. argyrolepis Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 20: 298. 1901
Melica picta f. fissurae Nyár. Enum. Pl. Cheia Turzii 94 1934
Poa nutans [Clairv.] Man. Herbor. Suisse : 21 (1811)
Melica amurensis (Prob.) Tzvelev Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 97: 255 (2012)
Melica nutans var. composita Murr Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 147 (1898)
Melica grandiflora Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925)
Melica nutans var. caespitosa Podp. Kvetna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 238 (1926)
Melica nutans var. viridiflora Opiz Seznam : 63 (1852)
Melica nutans var. multiflora Blytt Enum. Pl. Christiania : 69 (1844)
Melica nutans f. pallescens Lagerb. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 3(1): (19) (1909)
Melica nutans f. paniculata (Borbás) Holmb. Skand. Fl. 2: 189 (1926)

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Language Common/alternative name
Belarusian Перлаўка панікаючая
Belarusian Перлаўка паніклая
Czech strdivka nicí
Welsh meligwellt pendrwm
Danish nikkende flitteraks
German nickendes perlgras
Estonian longus helmikas
Finnish nuokkuhelmikkä
French mélique penchée
Croatian kimajući mekuš
Upper Sorbian wisaty paćernik
Japanese コメガヤ
Lithuanian nusvirusioji striepsnė
Dutch knikkend parelgras
Polish perłówka jednostronna
Polish perłówka zwisła
Russian Перловник поникший
Russian Перловник поникающий
Swedish bergslok
Swedish slokgräs
Chinese 俯垂臭草
Chinese 大花臭草
Chinese 直穗臭草
Chinese 垂臭草

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China Southeast
      • Manchuria
      • Xinjiang
    • Eastern Asia
      • Japan
      • Korea
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Mongolia
      • Mongolia
    • Russian Far East
      • Amur
      • Kamchatka
      • Khabarovsk
      • Kuril Islands
      • Primorye
      • Sakhalin
    • Siberia
      • Altay
      • Buryatiya
      • Irkutsk
      • Krasnoyarsk
      • West Siberia
      • Yakutskiya
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Baltic States
      • Belarus
      • Central European Russia
      • East European Russia
      • Krym
      • North European Russia
      • Northwest European Russia
      • South European Russia
      • Ukraine
    • Middle Europe
      • Austria
      • Belgium
      • Czechoslovakia
      • Germany
      • Hungary
      • Netherlands
      • Poland
      • Switzerland
    • Northern Europe
      • Denmark
      • Finland
      • Great Britain
      • Norway
      • Sweden
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Greece
      • Italy
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe
      • Yugoslavia
    • Southwestern Europe
      • France
      • Spain

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000879316
Tropicos 25509749
INPN 107871
Flora of Italy 7353
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408086-1
The Plant List kew-423708
Plantarium 24125
Open Tree Of Life 513347
Observations.org 7047
NCBI Taxonomy 860324
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0000002569
IPNI 408086-1
iNaturalist 448134
GBIF 4118973
Freebase /m/0411_xd
EPPO MECNU
EOL 2907493
Elurikkus 5686
USDA GRIN 23966
Wikipedia Melica_nutans
Tropicos 25549285
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408015-1
The Plant List kew-423596
Open Tree Of Life 3951750
IPNI 408015-1
iNaturalist 876274
GBIF 4126187
Freebase /m/0w32_57
EOL 2896748
Wikipedia Melica_grandiflora

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Topographic depressions can provide climate and resource microrefugia for biodiversity Frei K, Vojtkó A, Farkas T, Erdős L, Barta K, E-Vojtkó A, Tölgyesi C, Bátori Z iScience 21-Oct-2023
PMCID:PMC10656275
doi:10.1016/j.isci.2023.108202
PMID:38026156
Comparative gene retention analysis in barley, wild emmer, and bread wheat pangenome lines reveals factors affecting gene retention following gene duplication Jia Y, Xu M, Hu H, Chapman B, Watt C, Buerte B, Han N, Zhu M, Bian H, Li C, Zeng Z BMC Biol 06-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9903521
doi:10.1186/s12915-022-01503-z
PMID:36747211
Testing the chilling‐ before drought‐tolerance hypothesis in Pooideae grasses Das A, Dedon N, Enders DJ, Fjellheim S, Preston JC Mol Ecol 07-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC10107940
doi:10.1111/mec.16794
PMID:36420966
The Effect of the Distance from a Path on Abiotic Conditions and Vascular Plant Species in the Undergrowth of Urban Forests and Parks Kostrakiewicz-Gierałt K, Gmyrek K, Pliszko A Int J Environ Res Public Health 05-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9102423
doi:10.3390/ijerph19095621
PMID:35565008
Differentiation of natural scrub communities of the Cotoneastro-Amelanchieretum group in Central Europe Świerkosz K, Reczyńska K PLoS One 12-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9004749
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0266868
PMID:35413069
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
Image-Based Automated Recognition of 31 Poaceae Species: The Most Relevant Perspectives Rzanny M, Wittich HC, Mäder P, Deggelmann A, Boho D, Wäldchen J Front Plant Sci 26-Jan-2022
PMCID:PMC8826579
doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.804140
PMID:35154194
The origin and evolution of a two-component system of paralogous genes encoding the centromeric histone CENH3 in cereals Elisafenko EA, Evtushenko EV, Vershinin AV BMC Plant Biol 18-Nov-2021
PMCID:PMC8603533
doi:10.1186/s12870-021-03264-3
PMID:34794377
Seeing the world through the eyes of a butterfly: visual ecology of the territorial males of Pararge aegeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Bergman M, Smolka J, Nilsson DE, Kelber A J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 28-Oct-2021
PMCID:PMC8568875
doi:10.1007/s00359-021-01520-3
PMID:34709430
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
How to Protect Natural Habitats of Rare Terrestrial Orchids Effectively: A Comparative Case Study of Cypripedium calceolus in Different Geographical Regions of Europe Jakubska-Busse A, Tsiftsis S, Śliwiński M, Křenová Z, Djordjević V, Steiu C, Kolanowska M, Efimov P, Hennigs S, Lustyk P, Kreutz K( Plants (Basel) 20-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC7923770
doi:10.3390/plants10020404
PMID:33672509
Partial mycoheterotrophy is common among chlorophyllous plants with Paris-type arbuscular mycorrhiza Giesemann P, Rasmussen HN, Gebauer G Ann Bot 06-Feb-2021
PMCID:PMC8052919
doi:10.1093/aob/mcab003
PMID:33547798
Checklist of the grasses of India Kellogg EA, Abbott JR, Bawa KS, Gandhi KN, Kailash BR, Ganeshaiah KN, Shrestha UB, Raven P PhytoKeys 16-Oct-2020
PMCID:PMC10311516
doi:10.3897/phytokeys.163.38393
PMID:37397271
Endopolyploidy is a common response to UV-B stress in natural plant populations, but its magnitude may be affected by chromosome type Zedek F, Plačková K, Veselý P, Šmerda J, Šmarda P, Horová L, Bureš P Ann Bot 25-Jun-2020
PMCID:PMC7750947
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaa109
PMID:32582956
Influence of a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill on the Surrounding Environment: Landfill Vegetation as a Potential Risk of Allergenic Pollen Vaverková MD, Adamcová D, Winkler J, Koda E, Červenková J, Podlasek A Int J Environ Res Public Health 12-Dec-2019
PMCID:PMC6950732
doi:10.3390/ijerph16245064
PMID:31842278

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