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Poa pratensis L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 67 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000893396.

Synonyms of Poa pratensis L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Paneion pratense (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 222 (1915) wfo-0000882735
Poa angustifolia subsp. anceps (Gaudich.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 87 1890 wfo-0000891527
Poa angustifolia var. pratensis (L.) Simonk. Enum. Pl. Transsilv. : 580 (1896) wfo-0000891532
Poa bourgaei E.Fourn. Mexic. Pl. 113, descr. 1886 wfo-0000891769
Poa bourgaei E.Fourn. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. iii. 580. wfo-0000891770
Poa nymannii Tineo Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 783 (1844) wfo-0000893160
Poa pratensis f. latifolia Weihe Deutsche Gräser 31 1823 wfo-0000893402
Poa pratensis var. anceps Gaudich. Agrost. Helv. 1: 215 1811 wfo-0000893434
Poa sabulosa Turcz. ex Regel Fl. URSS 2: 394 (1934) wfo-0000893666
Poa pratensis var. pratensis wfo-0001096507
Poa maydelii Roshev. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk SSSR 30: 774 1932 wfo-0001097553
Poa pratensis var. attica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 601 1884 wfo-0001098069
Poa pratensis var. transnominatum Bondarenko ex Korovina Byull. Vsesoyuzn. Nauchno-Issl. Inst. Zashch. Rast. 81: 36 (1978) wfo-0001098233
Poa anceps Hegetschw. Fl. Schweiz [Hegetschweiler] 81. 1838 [May 1838] wfo-0001236990
Poa pratensis var. anceps (Gaudin) Griseb. Fl. Ross. 4(13): 379 1852 wfo-0001269266
Poa alpigena subsp. sobolevskiana (Gudoschn.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 27 1974 wfo-0001269303
Poa pratensis subsp. vulgaris Gaudin Fl. Helv. 1: 258 (1828) wfo-1200013105
Poa pratensis var. major Roth Enum. Pl. Phaen. Germ. 1(1): 334 (1827) wfo-1200019651

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link