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The name "Melica secunda var. interrupta Hackel" (Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 26: 58. 1906) was not validly published because it was merely cited as a synonym.
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Melica secunda has been collected only once in Kashmir, but in Afghanistan it is described by Aitchison as being common above 3000 m. It grows on cliffs and rocky slopes at high altitudes.
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Description
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Perennial, tufted, with creeping rhizomes. Culms 40–80 cm tall, 1–2 mm in diam. Leaf sheaths smooth, glabrous; leaf blades flat or rolled, 12–18 cm × 1.5–3 mm, abaxial surface smooth except near apex, adaxial surface scaberulous; ligule 2–5 mm, extended into acuminate lobe on side opposite blade. Panicle linear in outline, lax, usually 1-sided, 10–18 cm; branches erect or almost so, unbranched, up to 2 cm, bearing 1–6 spikelets. Spikelets ovate, 5–8.5 mm, silvery green, sometimes purple tinged, fertile florets (1–)2(–4), usually 3rd floret smaller and enclosing terminal sterile globular cluster; glumes subequal, 5.5–7 mm, mainly hyaline, herbaceous around veins in lower part, lower glume lanceolate, 1–3-veined, upper glume elliptic, 3–5-veined, both acute; lemmas elliptic-oblong, lowest 5–6.5 mm, 7–9-veined, scaberulous, apex hyaline, obtuse-erose; palea ca. 3/4 lemma length, keels ciliolate. Anthers 1.1–1.5 mm. Fl. and fr. May–Aug.
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Description
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Rhizomatous perennial; culms up to 60 cm high, slender, erect. Leaf-blades linear, up to 17 cm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, flat or setaceously convolute, smooth and glabrous; ligule cylindrical, 35-5 mm long, unequally 2-toothed; sheaths smooth and glabrous. Panicle up to 15 cm long, lax, simple or sparingly branched, the spikelets distant and secund. Spikelets becoming broadly ovate, 7-8 mm long, with 3 fertile florets separated by internodes each about 2 mm long; glumes broadly elliptic, subacute, broadly hyaline on the margins and at the tip, the lower 5.5 mm long, the upper 6-65 mm long; lemma of fertile floret elliptic-oblong, 5-5.5 mm long, obtuse or subacute, strongly 7-nerved, scaberulous and hairless.
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Distribution
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Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang [E Afghanistan, NW India, Kashmir, Kazakhstan (Tien Shan), Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan].
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Distribution
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Distribution: Kashmir; southern USSR (Tadzhikistan, Tian-Shan) and Afghanistan (Kurram Valley).
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Flower/Fruit
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Fl. & Fr. Per,: July-August.
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Habitat
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Grassy mountainsides, stony and gravel slopes; 2400–3300 m.
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Synonym
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Melica gracilis Aitchison & Hemsley.
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Melica secunda
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Melica secunda, is a species of grass that can be found in China (Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang),[1] Afghanistan, and Kashmir.[2]
Description
The species is perennial and tufted, with creeping rhizomes. It culms are 40–80 centimetres (16–31 in) long and 1–2 millimetres (0.039–0.079 in) wide while it leaf-sheaths are smooth and glabrous. Leaf-blades are flat and are 12–18 centimetres (4.7–7.1 in) long by 1.5–3 millimetres (0.059–0.118 in) wide. Branches are erect and are 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long.[1] It have cylindrical ligule which is 35–55 millimetres (1.4–2.2 in) long with it spikelets being broadly ovate and 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in) long. The species have 3 fertile florets which are separated by plant stems each of which is about 2 millimetres (0.079 in) long. It glumes are broadly elliptic, subacute, and are hyline on the margins and at the tip. The lower glume is 5.5 millimetres (0.22 in) long while the upper is 6–6.5 millimetres (0.24–0.26 in) long. The species' lemma of fertile floret elliptic to oblong and is 5–5.5 millimetres (0.20–0.22 in) long. Lemma is also obtuse or subacute, 7-nerved, hairless and scaberulous.[2] The species' anthers are 1.1–1.5 millimetres (0.043–0.059 in) long.[1]
Ecology
Melica secunda was collected only one time in Kashmir while in Afghanistan the description of which was given by Aitchison as being common there, is found on elevation of 3,000 metres (9,800 ft).[2] The flowers bloom from May to August.[1]
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Melica secunda: Brief Summary
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Melica secunda, is a species of grass that can be found in China (Gansu, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang), Afghanistan, and Kashmir.
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