Melica

Eyelash Melick, Nick Perlgras and Einblütiges Melick

The Perlgräser ( Melica ) are a genus of the family of grasses, which comprises about 96 species.

Description

The Perlgräser are persistent and form clumps or loose grass, often with underground runners. The stalks are up to 1 m high and are unbranched in the vegetative area; the nodes and internodes are mostly bare. The leaves are flat or folded and up to 30 cm long, the ligule is a membranous hem that can be very short though.

The inflorescence is a terminal panicle or raceme. Often, the primary branches of the inflorescence are but at the axis and so the panicle in outline is cylindrical. Rare but it is also spread (eg Melica uniflora ). The spikelets contain one to seven fertile flowers and at the top usually still more sterile flowers. The glumes are both almost the same, and often about as long as the spikelet. The lemmas of the fertile flowers are 7 to 13 - annoying, bald or hairy on the edge, on the upper edge rounded or pointed, but usually without an awn (rarely up to 12 mm long awned ). The palea are two annoying and shorter or as long as the lemmas. The number of stamens is usually three. The caryopses are bald.

Occurrence

The Perlgräser occur in the temperate zones of the world, but absent in Australia. There are many plants of the forests, but other species colonize light open places.

System

There are 96 different types of Perlgräsern world. The genus Melica is divided into two subgenera, which are divided into sections and subsections on:

• Subgenus Melica section Melica In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East occurring species: Melica minor Boiss., Is rare in the Caucasus.
• Nick Perlgras ( Melica nutans L.): the type of the genus, is found in temperate and boreal Eurasia.
• Colorful Melick ( Melica picta K.Koch ), inhabited disjoint areas in central and eastern Europe to the Caucasus.

• Melica grandiflora Koidz. , Occurs in temperate East Asia.
• Melica scabrosa Trin. ex Bunge, comes in temperate East Asia from Tibet to Korea before.

• Melica mutica Walter 's westward spread of Maryland and Florida to Iowa and Texas.
• Melica nitens ( Scribn. ) Nutt. ex Piper, ranging from Minnesota to Pennsylvania and southwest to Texas and Mexico.
• Melica porteri Scribn. , Distributed from Colorado and Arizona to central Texas and northern Mexico.

• In Central and East Asia -occurring species: Melica longiligulata ZLWu, with home in Sichuan.
• Melica onoei Franch. & Sav. , Widely used in Japan, Korea, central and southern China as well as in Kashmir.
• Melica przewalskyi Roschev. , Occurs in Central China and Tibet.
• Melica schuetzeana W.Hempel, native to central and southern China.
• Melica taylori W.Hempel, occurs only in Tibet.
• Melica virgata Turcz. ex Trin., occurs in south-eastern Siberia, Mongolia and Central China to Tibet.
• Melica yajiangensis ZLWu, with home in Sichuan.

• In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East occurring species: Melica bocquetii Talavera, occurs only in the mountains of southern Spain.
• Eyelash Melick ( Melica ciliata L.); Home: Southern and Central Europe, North Africa eastward to the Caspian Sea.
• Melica cretica Boiss. & Heldr. , In the mountains of the eastern Mediterranean.
• Melica cupanii cast. , Occurs in the mountains of southern Italy, Sicily, southern Spain and North Africa.
• Melica jacquemontii Decne. , With main distribution in the Central Asian mountains, west to eastern Anatolia.
• Melica persica Kunth, with main distribution in the Central Asian mountains and in the Iranian plateau, west to the Levant and to southern Anatolia.
• Transylvanian Melick ( Melica transsilvanica Schur ), comes from the eastern South and central Europe to central Asia.
• Melica trebinjensis Strobl, is very rare in Herzegovina and Albania.

• Melica arzivencoi Valls & Barcellos, with native Brazil.

• Melica decumbens Thunb., Occurring only in South Africa.
• Melica racemosa Thunb., Occurs only in South Africa.

• In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East abundant type: High Melick ( Melica altissima L.), comes from Austria and Southeast Europe prior to the Caucasus, Siberia and Central Asia.

• Melica sheep kati Bondarenko, is endemic to the Tien -Shan.
• Melica turczaninowiana Ohwi, occurs in Siberia and northern China.

• Melica sarmentosa Nees, with home in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia.
• Melica scabra Kunth, distributed in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia.

• In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East occurring species: Melica amethystina Pourr. (Syn. Melica bauhinii space. ), Occurs in the western Mediterranean.
• Mediterranean Melick ( Melica minuta L.), occurs in the Mediterranean region and the Canary Islands.

• Melica kozlovii Tzvelev, occurs in Central Asia.
• Melica secunda usually occurs only in the Pamir.
• Melica subflava Z.L.Wu, occurs in Tibet.
• Melica tangutorum Tzvelev, occurs in Tibet.
• Melica tibetica Roshev. , Is found in Tibet.

• Melica montezumae Piper, whose home in western Texas and adjacent Mexico.
• Melica stricta Bol. comes from Utah prior to Oregon and California.

• Melica argentata E. Desv. , Occurs only in Chile.
• Melica argyrea hack., With home in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.
• Melica bonariensis Parodi, occurs only in Argentina.
• Melica brevicoronata Roseng. , B.R. Arrill. & Izag. , Is found only in Brazil.
• Melica chilensis J. Presl, is found in Argentina and Bolivia.
• Nees ex Steud melica commersonii. is a species in Chile.
• Melica decipiens Caro, is found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
• Melica eremophila Torres, whose home in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay and Bolivia.
• Melica glabrescens (Torres ) Torres, a kind of Argentina.
• Melica hunzikeri Nicora, occurs only in Argentina.
• Melica hyalina Doell, with home in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
• Melica lilloi Bech. , Occurs only in Argentina.
• Melica longiflora Steud. , Occurs only in Chile.
• Melica mollis Phil, is found only in Chile.
• Melica parodiana Torres, is found in Argentina and Uruguay.
• Melica patagonica Parodi, occurs only in Argentina.
• Melica paulsenii Phil, endemic to Chile.
• Melica poecilantha E. Desv. , Occurs only in Chile.
• Melica rigida Cav., In Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
• Melica riograndensis Longhi - Wagner & Valls, is found only in Brazil.
• Melica spartinoides L.B. Sm, is found only in Brazil.
• Melica stuckertii hack., Is common in Argentina and Bolivia.
• Melica tenuis hack. & Arechav, is found in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
• Melica violacea Cav., Is limited in its distribution to Chile.

• Melica macra Nees, with home in Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil.

• Melica penicillaris Boiss. & Balansa, occurs only in Anatolia.

• Section Bromelica ( Thurber ) Hitchcock In North America, common species: Melica aristata Thurb. ex Bol., is common on the west coast of the United States from Washington to Southern California.
• Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J. M. Coult. , Is common in temperate western North America.
• Melica californica Scribn. , Occurs in Oregon and California.
• Melica frutescens Scribn. , Growing in southern California, Arizona and adjacent Mexico.
• Melica fugax Bol., Their range extends from British Columbia to California and east to Nevada and Idaho.
• Melica geyeri Munro, occurs in Oregon and California.
• Melica harfordii Bol., Grows on the Pacific coast of Vancouver Iceland to California.
• Melica hitchcockii B. Boivin, occurs only in Alberta.
• Melica smithii (Porter ex A. Gray) Vasey, has a disjoint distribution area of British Columbia and Alberta south to Oregon and Wyoming on the one hand and from the Great Lakes to western Quebec on ​​the other.
• Melica spectabilis Scribn. , Is found in western North America.
• Melica subulata ( Griseb. ) Scribn. comes in western North America from the Aleutian Islands and Alaska to California before.

• Melica cepacea ( Phil.) Scribn. , Is the only species of the section in Chile.

• In Europe, North Africa and the Middle East occurring species: Melica rectiflora Boiss. & Heldr. , Occurs only in the Peloponnese, Crete, Karpathos and Amorgos.
• Einblütiges Melick ( Melica uniflora Retz. ), Occurs in temperate to submeridionalen Europe, with a few outposts in northwest Africa and extends east to the Caucasus and the Elbrus Mountains.

• Melica imperfecta Trin., Their range extends from California and southern Nevada to Baja California.
• Melica torreyana Scribn. , Is found only in California.