Nomenclature: wfo-0000879378
![Kew Gardens K000345153: Galpin, E.E. [5614] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/4a2646d73ea8c6379f5d2003d9c8d941.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345153: Galpin, E.E. [5614] South Africa")
![Kew Gardens K000345154: Drege [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/2ef9c8375ea0fd117541ece62055d5b5.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345154: Drege [s.n.] South Africa")
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![Kew Gardens K000345156: Drege [s.n.] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/8770fc90723fe57d1e104f108f60db7b.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345156: Drege [s.n.] South Africa")
![Kew Gardens K000345157: Ecklon; Zeyher [253] South Africa](https://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/22c21982c942ba84b8be8745d83f9472.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345157: Ecklon; Zeyher [253] South Africa")
![Kew Gardens K000345158: Bolus, H. [1985] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/6e51c6bb7b06d90846ecf4870b982361.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345158: Bolus, H. [1985] South Africa")
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![Kew Gardens K000345160: Wilms, F. [2381] South Africa](http://d2seqvvyy3b8p2.cloudfront.net/11b2533c51b31d949e89198637823a7e.jpg "Kew Gardens K000345160: Wilms, F. [2381] South Africa")
Melica racemosa Prodr. Pl. Cap. : 21 (1794)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Prodr. Pl. Cap. 1: 21. 1794 BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345153: Galpin, E.E. [5614] South Africa Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345154: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345155: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345156: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345157: Ecklon; Zeyher [253] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345158: Bolus, H. [1985] South Africa Link to Type provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345159: Drege [s.n.] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- specimen : Kew Gardens K000345160: Wilms, F. [2381] South Africa Link to Unknown Type Material provided by Kew
- person : Carl Peter Thunberg (1743-1828) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'Thunb.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 408120-1
- database : The Plant List v1.1 record kew-423769
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: kew-423769
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2025-06 classification
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12 : 2024-06 : 2024-12 : 2025-06Placement: Code > Plantae > Pteridobiotina > Angiosperms > Poales > Poaceae > Melica > Melica racemosa
Synonyms
- Melica bolusii
- Melica brevifolia
- Melica afrorum
- Melica caffrorum var. elatior
- Melica decumbens var. racemosa
- Melica ovalis
- Melica pumila
Taxonomic References
- database : POWO record for urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:408120-1 Govaerts R (ed.). 2023. WCVP: World Checklist of Vascular Plants [Version 11]. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [WWW document] URL http://sftp.kew.org/pub/data-repositories/WCVP/ [accessed 20 April 2023].