PLANTS Profile for Melica bulbosa (oniongrass)

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Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.
oniongrass

Symbol:

MEBU

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Poaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Graminoid

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

Hitchcock, A.S. (rev. A. Chase). 1950. Manual of the grasses of the United States. USDA Miscellaneous Publication No. 200. Washington, DC. 1950. Usage Requirements.

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Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

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Synonyms:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

	BRBU	Bromelica bulbosa (Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.) W.A. Weber
	MEBE3	Melica bella Piper
	MEBEI	Melica bella Piper ssp. intonsa Piper
	MEBUI	Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult. var. inflata (Bol.) Boyle
	MEBUI2	Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult. var. intonsa (Piper) M. Peck
	MEIN	Melica inflata (Bol.) Vasey

Distribution:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.


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USA (CA, CO, ID, MT, NV, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (BC, SK)

Related Taxa:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

View 338 genera in Poaceae, 27 species in Melica

Classification:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Commelinidae
Order	Cyperales
Family	Poaceae – Grass family
Genus	Melica L. – melicgrass
Species	Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult. – oniongrass

Wetland Indicator Status:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU

UPL

FACU

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More Accounts and Images:
Melica bulbosa Geyer ex Porter & J.M. Coult.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account, distribution map, and illustration from the Grass Manual on the Web.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 41851.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 09/22/2008 11:19 PM MDT