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Melica Linn., Sp. Pl. 1:66. 1753. Boiss., Fl. Or. 5:584. 1884; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 7:329. 1896; Rozhev. & Shishkin in Kom., Fl. URSS 2:340. 1934; Ovchinnikov, Fl. Tadzh. 1:217. 1957; Sultan & Stewart, Grasses W. Pak. 2:165. 1959; Bor, Grasses Burma Ceyl. Ind. Pak. 589. 1960; Bor in Towns., Guest & Al-Rawi, Fl. Iraq 9:270. 1968; Bor in Rech.f., Fl. Iran. 70:249. 1970; Tzvelev, Poaceae URSS 547. 1976; Tutin in Tutin et al., Fl. Eur. 5:178.1980.
Spikelets 2-several-flowered, the lower 1-3 florets fertile, the upper 2-3 sometimes reduced to a clavate mass of sterile lemmas or these scarcely distinguishable from the fertile; glumes ± unequal, firmly membranous or sometimes with broad hyaline margins, 3-5-nerved, rounded on the back, becoming hardened, 5-9(-13)-nerved, the nerves sometimes obscure, entire, awnless.
A genus of about 60 species in warm temperate regions except Australia; 5 species occur in Pakistan.
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Lemmas glabrous |
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Lemmas ciliate with long straight hairs |
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Melica persica |
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Inflorescence simple or sparingly branched at the base, the branches not more than 2 cm long |
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Inflorescence branched, the branches spreading, up to 15 cm long |
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Glumes firmly membranous, obtuse; ligule obscure, 0.2-0.3 mm long |
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Melica nutans |
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Glumes broadly hyaline on the margins and at the tip; ligule distinct, 3.5-5 mm long |
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Melica secunda |
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Spikelets 8.5-13 mm long; lowest lemma 7-8.5 mm long; lower glume 3.5-4.5 mm long |
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Melica scaberrima |
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Spikelets 6.5-8 mm long; lowest lemma 4.5-5.5 mm long; lower glume 2.5-3.3 mm long |
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Melica Onoei |
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Lower Taxa
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