Melica
| Melica | |
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| Melica ciliata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Tribe: | Meliceae |
| Genus: | Melica L. |
| Species | |
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Melica is a genus of perennial grasses known generally as melic or melic grass. They are found in most temperate regions of the world. They are clumping grasses with long, erect stems bearing spikelets of papery grass flowers. Some species of melic have corms and are sometimes called oniongrass.
Species
- Melica altissima - Siberian melic grass
- Melica amethystina
- Melica animarum
- Melica argentata
- Melica argyrea
- Melica aristata - bearded melic grass
- Melica arzivencoi
- Melica bocquetii
- Melica bonariensis
- Melica brasiliana
- Melica brevicoronata
- Melica bulbosa - oniongrass
- Melica californica - California melic grass
- Melica ciliata - hairy melic, silky spike melic
- Melica commersonii
- Melica decipiens
- Melica dendroides
- Melica eligulata
- Melica eremophila
- Melica frutescens - woody melicgrass
- Melica fugax - little oniongrass
- Melica geyeri - Geyer's oniongrass
- Melica glabrescens
- Melica grandiflora
- Melica harfordii - Harford's oniongrass
- Melica hitchcockii
- Melica hunzikeri
- Melica hyalina
- Melica imperfecta - smallflower melic
- Melica kozlovii
- Melica lilloi
- Melica longiflora
- Melica longiligulata
- Melica macra
- Melica minor
- Melica minuta - small melic
- Melica mollis
- Melica montezumae - Montezuma melic
- Melica mutica - two-flower melic grass
- Melica nitens - three-flower melic grass
- Melica nutans - mountain melic; nodding melic
- Melica onoei
- Melica pappiana
- Melica parodiana
- Melica patagonica
- Melica paulsenii
- Melica penicillaris
- Melica persica
- Melica picta
- Melica porteri
- Melica przewalskyi
- Melica racemosa
- Melica radula
- Melica rectiflora
- Melica rigida
- Melica riograndensis
- Melica scaberrima
- Melica schafkatii
- Melica schuetzeana
- Melica secunda
- Melica serrana
- Melica smithii - Smith's melicgrass
- Melica spartinoides
- Melica spectabilis - purple oniongrass
- Melica stricta - rock melic grass
- Melica stuckertii
- Melica subflava
- Melica subulata - Alaska oniongrass
- Melica tangutorum
- Melica teneriffae
- Melica tenuis
- Melica torreyana - Torrey's melic
- Melica transsilvanica
- Melica turczaninowiana
- Melica uniflora
- Melica violacea
- Melica virgata
- Melica yajiangensis
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