| Source: | 
							
								Hempel, W. (2009): Melica. – In: Valdés, B. & Scholz, H. (ed.); with contributions from Raab-Straube, E. von & Parolly, G.: Poaceae. Euro+Med Plantbase - the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity.  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license (CC-By-SA-3.0 Unported).
 
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				Melica L.
				
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                            Sp. Pl.: 66. 1753 | 
                          
						  
                          
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		| Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): | 
		Regnum - Plantae 
				    
				Divisio - Tracheophyta 
				    
				    
				Subdivisio - Spermatophytina 
				    
				    
				    
				Class - Magnoliopsida 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Superordo - Lilianae 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Ordo - Poales 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Familia - Poaceae Barnhart 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				Tribus - Meliceae Rchb. 
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				    
				
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					Melica altissima L.
					
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					Melica amethystina Pourr.
					
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					Melica bocquetii Talavera
					
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					Melica capillaris Russell
					
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					Melica ciliata L.
					
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					Melica cretica Boiss. & Heldr.
					
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					Melica cupanii Guss.
					
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					Melica humilis Boiss.
					
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					Melica jacquemontii Decne.
					
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					Melica minor Boiss.
					
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					Melica minuta L.
					
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					Melica monticola Prokudin
					
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					Melica nutans L.
					
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					Melica penicillaris Boiss. & Balansa
					
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					Melica persica Kunth
					
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					Melica picta K. Koch
					
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					Melica rectiflora Boiss. & Heldr.
					
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					Melica taurica K. Koch
					
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					Melica transsilvanica Schur
					
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					Melica trebinjensis Strobl
					
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					Melica uniflora Retz.
					
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		| Common names: | 
		
				הֲרָרִית (Israel (Hebrew)), Helmikas (Estonian), Melick (English), Perlgras (German), pumpursmilga (Latvian), striepsnė (Lithuanian)[Credits] | 
			
	
	
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       			  Ab(A N) AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A L) Be(B L) BH Bl(I M N) Br Bu By Ca(C F G L T) Cg Co Cr Cs Ct Cy Da Es Fe Ga(F M) Ge Gg(G) Gr Hb(E N) He Ho Hs(G S) Hu Ir It Le Li Lu Ma Md(M) Mk Mo No Po Rf(C CS E K N NW S) Rm Sa Si(M S) Sk Sl SM Sn Sr Su Sy Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K U) |