Melica nutans

Melica nutans

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Meliceae
Genus: Melica
Species: Melica nutans

Name

Melica nutans L., 1753

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Aira nutans (L.) Weber in F.H.Wiggers, Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 7 (1780)
  • Dalucum nutans (L.) Bubani in Fl. Pyren. 4: 352 (1901)
  • Poa nutans (L.) Clairv. in Man. Herbor. Suisse: 21 (1811), nom. illeg.
• Heterotypic
  • Melica amurensis (Prob.) Tzvelev in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 97: 255 (2012)
  • Melica grandiflora Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925)
  • Melica komarovii Luchnik in Vestn. Dal'nevost. Fil. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 31(4): 128 (1938)
  • Melica montana Huds. in Fl. Angl., ed. 2: 37 (1778)
  • Melica montana Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 179 (1791), nom. illeg.
  • Melica nutans subsp. amurensis Prob. in Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 68: 1412 (1983)
  • Melica nutans var. argyrolepis Kom. in Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 20: 298 (1901)
  • Melica nutans var. caespitosa Podp. in Kvetna Mor. Rakousk. Slezska 6: 238 (1926)
  • Melica nutans var. composita Murr in Deutsche Bot. Monatsschr. 16: 147 (1898)
  • Melica nutans f. fissurae (Nyár.) Papp & Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 248 (1972)
  • Melica nutans var. grandiflora Koidz. in Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 17 (1925), pro syn.
  • Melica nutans subsp. grandiflora (Koidz.) T.Koyama in Grass. Japan: 515 (1987)
  • Melica nutans var. multiflora Blytt in Enum. Pl. Christiania: 69 (1844)
  • Melica nutans f. pallescens Lagerb. in Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 3(1): (19) (1909)
  • Melica nutans f. paniculata (Borbás) Holmb. in Skand. Fl. 2: 189 (1926)
  • Melica nutans var. paniculata Borbás in Oesterr. Bot. Zeit. 33: 275 (1883)
  • Melica nutans var. viridiflora Opiz in Seznam: 63 (1852), nom. nud.
  • Melica picta f. fissurae Nyár. in Enum. Pl. Vasc. Cheia Turzii: 94 (1934)

Homonyms

• Melica nutans Lam. = Melica uniflora Retz.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Eurasia Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Manchuria, Mongolia, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Poland, Primorye, Romania, Sakhalin, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia Introduced into: Netherlands References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 66. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Melica nutans in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 02. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Melica nutans. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 January 2023. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Melica nutans. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 January 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Melica nutans. Published online. Accessed: January 02 2023. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melica nutans in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• Deutsch: Nickendes Perlgras
• eesti: Longus helmikas
• suomi: Nuokkuhelmikkä

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