| Name | Melica diffusa Pursh |
| Authorship | Pursh |
| Rank | Species |
| NomenclaturalStatus | NomLeg |
| Placed in | Melica |
| Contains | Melica diffusa var. nitens Scribner |
| Citation | 1813 ["1814"] Fl. Amer. Sept. [Pursh] 1: 77 |
| Holdings | 1 Specimen held in the Harvard University Herbaria identified as Melica diffusa Pursh |
| Identification made in | [no date] (1) |