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Melica persica

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Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID64403142bb6e7466896083
Scientific name Melica persica
Authority Kunth
First published in Révis. Gramin. 1: 351 (1830)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melica armena Boiss. & Kotschy Fl. Orient. 5: 590 (1884)
Melica atropatana Schischk. Byull. Gosud. Muz. Gruzii 1920-2(1): 1 (1922)
Melica breviflora Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 124 (1846)
Melica canescens (Regel) Lavrenko ex Nevski Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 17: 10 (1934)
Melica cupanii var. breviflora (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 1884
Melica cupanii var. canescens Regel Descr. Pl. Nov. 8: 88 (1880)
Melica cupanii var. hohenackeri (Boiss.) Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 628 1881
Melica cupanii var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 628 1881
Melica cupanii var. pannosa (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 1884
Melica cupanii var. vestita (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 591 1884
Melica glaucescens Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 289 (1854)
Melica hohenackeri Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 54 (1854)
Melica inaequiglumis Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 124 (1846)
Melica inaequiglumis var. supratomentosa Bornm. Mem. Sect. Sti. Acad. Romana 12: 224. 1937
Melica jacquemontii Decne. Voy. Inde 4: 174 (1844)
Melica jacquemontii subsp. canescens (Regel) Bor Fl. Iranica 70: 257. 1970 (1970)
Melica jacquemontii subsp. hohenackeri (Boiss.) Bor Fl. Iranica 70: 258. 1970 (1970)
Melica kermanica Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 301 (1919 publ. 1920)
Melica kotschyi Hochst. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 289 (1854)
Melica lanata Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 289 (1854)
Melica micrantha var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Griseb. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 3: 76. 1868
Melica pannosa Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 13: 55 (1854)
Melica pannosa var. schimperi (J.Presl) Papp Mem. Sect. Sti. Acad. Romåna 12: 228 1937
Melica persica subsp. atropatana (Schischk.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 85. 1973 (1973)
Melica persica subsp. canescens (Regel) P.H.Davis Fl. Turkey 9: 534 (1985)
Melica persica subsp. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Bor Fl. Iranica 70: 225. 1970 (1970)
Melica persica subsp. jacquemontii (Decne. ex Jacquem.) P.H.Davis Fl. Turkey 9: 534 (1985)
Melica persica var. caspica Griseb. Fl. Ross. (Ledeb.) 4: 398. 1852
Melica schimperi C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss. , ser. 5, 3: 550 (1845)
Melica schischkinii Iljinsk. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 29 (1950)
Melica sinaica De Not. ex Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1(6): 427. 1854 [1855 publ. 28-29 Nov 1854]
Melica trachyantha Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 125 (1846)
Melica transsilvanica subsp. atropatana (Schischk.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 85 (1973)
Melica vestita Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 125 (1846)
Melica viridis Boiss. & Kotschy ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 (1884)
Melica woronowii Schischk. ex Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza , ed. 2, 1: 241 (1939)
Melica cupani var. hohenackeri (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 1884
Melica cupani var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 1884
Melica cupani var. vestita (Boiss.) A.Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 628 1881
Melica jacquemontii f. hohenackeri (Boiss.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 118 (2012)
Melica jacquemontii f. canescens (Regel) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 118 (2012)
Melica jacquemontii f. scabra Papp Acad. Româna, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 213 (1937)
Melica persica f. atropatana (Schischk.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 125 (2012)
Melica persica f. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 125 (2012)
Melica jacquemontii subsp. anatolica W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 120 (2012)
Melica persica subsp. schischkinii (Iljinsk.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 127 (2012)
Melica persica var. flava Papp Acad. Româna, Mem. Sect. Sti. 12: 217 (1937)
Melica jacquemontii var. flava (Papp) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 118 (2012)
Melica persica var. inaequiglumis (Boiss.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 124 (2012)
Melica persica var. syriaca W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 128 (2012)
Melica persica var. pannosa (Boiss.) W.Hempel Feddes Repert. 122: 128 (2012)
Melica jacquemontii var. canescens (Regel) M.Nobis & A.Nowak Ill. Fl. Tajikistan 2: 732 (2020)
Melica cupani var. pannosa (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 (1884)
Melica cupani var. turkestanica Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 7: 627 (1881)
Melica cupani var. viridis Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 (1884)
Melica cupani var. breviflora (Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 590 (1884)

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Language Common/alternative name
Persian ملیکا
Chinese 伊朗臭草

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Saudi Arabia
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • Manchuria
      • Tibet
    • Middle Asia
      • Kazakhstan
      • Kirgizstan
      • Tadzhikistan
      • Turkmenistan
      • Uzbekistan
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan
      • Iran
      • Iraq
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Sinai
      • Turkey
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • West Himalaya

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000879344
USDA Plants MEPE14
Tropicos 25528591
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408103-1
The Plant List kew-423736
Open Tree Of Life 3951755
Observations.org 138298
NCBI Taxonomy 1496761
IPNI 408103-1
iNaturalist 546606
GBIF 4118548
Freebase /m/0w34flg
Elurikkus 469613
USDA GRIN 23967
Wikipedia Melica_persica

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Scientific Literature Top

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Ethnobotany of the medicinal plants used by the ethnic communities of Kerman province, Southeast Iran Hosseini SH, Bibak H, Ghara AR, Sahebkar A, Shakeri A J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 28-Apr-2021
PMCID:PMC8082778
doi:10.1186/s13002-021-00438-z
PMID:33910616
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
Are endemic species necessarily ecological specialists? Functional variability and niche differentiation of two threatened Dianthus species in the montane steppes of northeastern Iran Behroozian M, Ejtehadi H, Memariani F, Pierce S, Mesdaghi M Sci Rep 16-Jul-2020
PMCID:PMC7366929
doi:10.1038/s41598-020-68618-7
PMID:32678159
Plant community responses to environmentally friendly piste management in northeast Iran Erfanian MB, Ejtehadi H, Vaezi J, Moazzeni H, Memariani F, Firouz‐Jahantigh M Ecol Evol 19-Jun-2019
PMCID:PMC6662253
doi:10.1002/ece3.5388
PMID:31380082
Eco-Floristic studies of native plants of the Beer Hills along the Indus River in the districts Haripur and Abbottabad, Pakistan Bano S, Khan SM, Alam J, Alqarawi AA, Abd_Allah EF, Ahmad Z, Rahman IU, Ahmad H, Aldubise A, Hashem A Saudi J Biol Sci 27-Feb-2017
PMCID:PMC5936874
doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2017.02.009
PMID:29740247
Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants of Hezar Mountain Allocated in South East of Iran Rajaei P, Mohamadi N Iran J Pharm Res 01-Sep-2012
PMCID:PMC3813156
PMID:24250549
Effect of soil and physiographic factors on ecological plant groups in the eastern Elborz mountain rangeland of Iran Tatian M, Arzani H, Reihan MK, Bahmanyar MA, Jalilvand H 02-Jun-2010
PMCID:PMC7165600
doi:10.1111/j.1744-697X.2010.00178.x
PMID:32834830

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