Poaceae
Melica

Melica scaberrima (Nees ex Steud.) Hook.f.

First published in Fl. Brit. India 7: 330 (1896)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Pakistan to S. Central China. It is a perennial or rhizomatous geophyte and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

China South-Central, Nepal, Pakistan, Tibet, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Mar 3, 1989 s.coll. [4703 a] India K000032227 Type Yes
Mar 3, 1989 Duthie, J., F. [5120] India K000032228 Paratype Yes
Chen, W.; Zhang, H. [172] China K001625829 No
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003213940 Yes
Rup Chand, T. [1026] India K003213931 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [3542] India K003213937 Yes
Jacquemont, V. [2244] India K003213932 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] India K003213933 Yes
Duthie, J.F. [10117] India K003213941 Yes
[M. L. Sharma] [229] India K003213936 Yes
Polunin, O.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, L.H.J. [3084] Nepal K003213945 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K003213926 Yes
Trotter, E.W. [104G] India K003213942 Yes
Parker, R.N. [3279] India K003213928 Yes
Thompson, T. [s.n.] India K003213938 Yes
Bhattacharyya, U.C. [24570] India K003213935 Yes
Herb Falconer [s.n.] K003213929 Yes
Nasir, E. [24842] India K003213943 Yes
Fielding [s.n.] India K003213939 Yes
Rich, H.H. [864] India K003213934 Yes
Ramsay, C.B. [s.n.] India K003213930 Yes
Polunin, O.; Sykes, W.R.; Williams, L.H.J. [5046] Nepal K003213944 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0