Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melica imperfecta Trin. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
smallflower melicgrass	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melica colpodioides Nees Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 283 (1838).
Melica colpodioides var. subtriflora Nees Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 283 (1838), nom. nud.
Melica colpodoides var. sesquiflora Nees Ann. Nat. Hist. 1: 283 (1838), nom. nud.
Melica imperfecta var. flexuosa Bol. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 4: 101 (1870).
Melica imperfecta var. minor Scribn. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 37: 42 (1885).
Melica imperfecta var. pubens Scribn. Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 30: 8 (1901).
Melica imperfecta var. refracta Thurb. in S.Watson & al., Bot. California 2: 303 (1880).
Melica imperforata Nees ex Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 403 (1840), orth. var.
Melica panicoides Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 1: 188 (1848).
Melica parishii Vasey ex Beal Grass. N. Amer. 2: 500 (1896).
Melica pooides Nutt. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, ser. 2, 1: 188 (1848).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melica imperfecta Trin.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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