Contains 1 accepted taxa overall.

Characteristics
Melica L.
MELICGRASS
Classification
POALES
Melica
Citation
MELICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 66. 1753, nom. cons.
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TYPE: Melica nutans Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
Scientific Name Common Name Herbarium Specimens Status Photos
Melica mutica TWOFLOWER MELICGRASS Native
[Family identification key]

No identification key is available for this family.

Genus Synonyms
Synonym Full Citation Basionym Type
Beckeria Beckeria Bernhardi, Syst. Verz. 20, 40. 1800. TYPE: Beckeria montana Bernhardi, nom. illegit. (Melica ciliata Linnaeus)
Bromelica Bromelica (Thurber) Farwell, Rhodora 21: 77. 1919. BASIONYM: Melica Linnaeus, subg. Bromelica Thurber, in S. Watson, Bot. California 2: 304. 1880. TYPE: Bromelica geyeri Farwell, nom. illegit. (Melica geyeri Munro, nom. illegit.; Melica bromoides Bolander ex A. Gray) Lectotypified by Hitchcock, U.S.D.A. Bull. (1915-23) 772: 69. 1920.
Claudia Claudia Opiz, Lotos 3: 67. 1853. TYPE: = Beckeria Bernhardi 1800.
Dalucum Dalucum Adanson, Fam. Pl. 2: 34, 548 (as 'Dalukon'). 1763. TYPE: = Melica Linnaeus 1753.
Verinea Verinea Merino, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 28: 8. 1899, non Pomel 1860. TYPE: Verinea pterostachys Merino