Melica altissima L.

POACEAE

- Grass family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Name: Melica altissima L.

Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 66 (1753)
Rank: species

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Common names

U.S. name: Siberian melicgrass

English name: Siberian melic

English name: tall melic

Italian name: Melica altissima

Grown habit: Graminoid
Duration: Perennial

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Commelinidae
Order: Cyperales
Family: Poaceae
Genus: Melica
Species:

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Melica altissima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Berlin, Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Germania, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Melica altissima
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto Botanico., PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Melica altissima
Jose Hernandez - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

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- The New Plantfinder - Images and local names of vascular plants - Project Dryades / KeyToNature, coordinated by the Department of Life Sciences, University of Trieste
- Lichens - Interactive identification keys to the lichens
- Acta Plantarum - Forum and Image Gallery (Plants, Animals, Mushrooms)

Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (NY, OK), CAN (ON)

Distributional map for Melica altissima L.
Map for Melica altissima L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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More species:
1) Melica bella Piper [145]
2) Melica bella Piper ssp. intonsa Piper [137]
3) Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult. [304]
4) Melica ciliata L. [3748]
5) Melica ciliata L. ssp. magnolii (Gren. & Godr.) Husn. [515]
6) Melica fugax Bol. var. macbridei (Rowland ex A. Nelson) Beetle [136]
7) Melica imperfecta Trin. var. minor Scribn. [132]
8) Melica mutica Walter [588]
9) Melicope adscendens (H. St. John & Hume) T.G. Hartley & B.C. Stone [1251]
10) Melilotus altissima Thuill., orth. var. [170]

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