Tribe
Meliceae
Pleuropogon californicus. Photo: Gordon Leppig & Andrea J. Pickart, no known copyright restrictions (public domain)
The Meliceae are a tribe of grasses near the base of the Pooideae. They include two relatively large genera, Melica (based on accounts in multiple regional floras) with about 80-90 species and Glyceria with about 55 species. Its other genera are Koordersiochloa, Lycochloa, Pleuropogon, Schizachne, and Triniochloa.
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