Glyceria melicaria

Glyceria melicaria
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Glyceria
Species:
G. melicaria
Binomial name
Glyceria melicaria
(Michx.) F. T. Hubbard
Synonyms[1]

Glyceria melicaria, the melic mannagrass or northeastern mannagrass, is a perennial grass found in the eastern United States. Its specific epithet melicaria means "similar to Melica". Its diploid number is 40.

  1. ^ A. S. Hitchcock (1935). Manual of the Grasses of the United States. United States Department of Agriculture. p. 89.