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December 2022

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genus

Poa L.

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

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000030438.

Literature

Gillespie, L., Archambault, A., & Soreng, R. (2007). Phylogeny of Poa (Poaceae) Based on trnT–trnF Sequence Data: Major Clades and Basal Relationships. Aliso, 23(1), 420–434. https://doi.org/10.5642/aliso.20072301.33
Sp. Pl. 1: 67. 1753 [1 May 1753]

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Synonyms of Poa

Name	Author	Protologue	WFO link
Dasypoa	Pilg.	Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25(5): 716. 1898. (23 Dec 1898)	wfo-4000010837
Graminastrum	E.H.L.Krause	Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 348. 1914.	wfo-4000016122
Libyella	Pamp.	Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1925: 151 (1925)	wfo-4000021673
Ochlopoa	(Asch. & Graebn.) H.Scholz	Ber. Inst. Landschafts Pflanzenökol. Univ. Hohenheim Beih. 16: 58 (2003)	wfo-4000026474
Panicularia	Heist. ex Fabr.	Enum. 207. 1759.	wfo-4000027879
Parodiochloa	C.E.Hubb.	Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 8: 395. 1981.	wfo-4000028233
Phalaridium	Nees & Meyen	Gramineae 29. 1841.	wfo-4000029095
Stenochloa	Nutt.	Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 4: 25. 1848. (21 Mar-4 Apr 1848)	wfo-4000036490
Tovarochloa	T.D.Macfarl. & But	Brittonia 34: 478 (1982)	wfo-4000038650
Tzvelevia	E.B.Alexeev	Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir. Otd. Biol. 90(5): 103. 1985. (11 Sep-31 Oct 1981)	wfo-4000039689

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Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Poa:

Name	Author	Protologue	Nomenclator	WFO link
Poa acroleuca var. purpurascens	Nakai	Saishu-to Kuan-to Shokubutsu Hokoku-sho [Fl. Quelpaert Isl.] 20. 1914		wfo-1200019689
Poa aethnensis	Guss.	Fl. Sic. Prodr. 1: 90 1827	—	wfo-0001098543
Poa airoides var. purpurascens	DC.	Fl. Franç. éd. 3, 3: 64. 1805		wfo-1200019599
Poa airoides var. uniflora	Gaudin	Fl. Helv. 1: 236. 1828		wfo-1200019644
Poa alberti var. biflora	Regel	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 611. 1881		wfo-1200019724
Poa alberti var. triflora	Regel	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 2: 611. 1881		wfo-1200019810
Poa albertii subsp. albertii	–	–	—	wfo-0001277676
Poa alcea	Piper	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 436 (1905)		wfo-0000891406
Poa alchanaica	Galanin	Fl. Daurii 2: 97 (2009)		wfo-0001336519
Poa alexandrae	Prob.	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 50: 19. 2019		wfo-1000034004
Poa alice	L.	–	—	wfo-0001099433
Poa alpina f. brevifolia	(Gaudin) Polunin	Canad. Field-Naturalist 52: 7. 1938		wfo-0001324328
Poa alpina subsp. involucrata	(Lange) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 84. 1890 (1890)		wfo-1200013154
Poa alpina var. bivonae	H.St.John	Bot. Explor. St. Lawrence 126: 43. 1922		wfo-0001396012
Poa alpina var. collina	Wahlenb.	Fl. Carpat. Princ. 21. 1814		wfo-1200019659
Poa alpina var. divaricata	(Vill.) Mutel	Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 76. 1837		wfo-1200019618
Poa alpina var. flavescens	Mutel	Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 74. 1837		wfo-1200019819
Poa alpina var. glaucescens	Beck	Ann. K.K. Naturhist. Hofmus. 2: 44. 1887		wfo-1200019652
Poa alpina var. glomerata	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 1: 244. 1821		wfo-1200019559
Poa alpina var. jemtlandica	Almq.	Bot. Centralbl. 14: 135 1859	—	wfo-0000891452
Poa alpina var. lapponum	Wahlenb.	Fl. Suec. 1: 54. 1824		wfo-1200019608
Poa alpina var. nana	Latourr.	Chlor. Lugd. 3. 1785		wfo-1200019775
Poa alpina var. nodosa	Hartm.	Handb. Skand. Fl. 58. 1820		wfo-1200019579
Poa alpina var. orbelica	Pancic	Glasn. Srpskog U?enog Drutva 66: 144. 1886		wfo-1200019632
Poa alpina var. rupicaprina	Domin	Acta Bot. Bohem. 11: 32. 1936		wfo-1200019621
Poa alpina var. stricta	(Hegetschw.) Ducommun	Taschenb. Schweiz. Bot. 868. 1969		wfo-1200019743
Poa alpina var. supina	Neilr.	Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 64-65. 1859		wfo-1200019731
Poa altaica var. elatior	Trautv. & C.A.Mey.	Reise Sibir. 1(2; 3): 103. 1856		wfo-1200019738
Poa altissima	Gilib.	Exercit. ii. 529; Moench. Meth. 185.		wfo-0001352284
Poa amurica	Prob.	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 49:13:00. 2018		wfo-1000006416
Poa andina var. elongata	Vasey	–		wfo-0001396013
Poa andina var. purpurea	Vasey	Cat. Canad. Pl. 2(4): 223. 1888		wfo-1200019597
Poa angustifolia f. glaucescens	(Zapał.) Soó	Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17(1-2): 118, without basionym date. 1972 [1971 publ. 1972]		wfo-0001326033
Poa angustifolia subsp. nymanii	(Tineo) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: ?. 1890 (1890)		wfo-1200012514
Poa angustifolia var. cinerea	(Vill.) Mérat	Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 37. 1812		wfo-1200019589
Poa angustifolia var. effusa	Rchb.	Agrostogr. Germ. t. 87. 1834		wfo-0001097661
Poa angustifolia var. minor	C.C.Gmel.	Fl. Bad. 1: 182. 1805		wfo-1200019642
Poa angustifolia var. palustris	Rchb.	Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 37, f. 1634 1834	—	wfo-0001250391
Poa angustifolia var. strigosa	(Roth) DC.	Fl. Franç. éd. 3, 3: 60. 1805		wfo-1200019588
Poa annua subsp. mutabilis	Chrtek & V.Jirásek	Biologia (Bratislava) 19: 494. 1964 (1964)		wfo-1200013207
Poa annua subsp. pilantha	(Ronniger) H.Scholz	Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 81: 17. 1968		wfo-0000919822
Poa annua subsp. raniglumis	(S.E.Fröhner) Chrtek	in Cas. Nár. Muz. Rada Prír. 165(1–4): 128 (1996):.		wfo-0001281935
Poa annua var. arenosa	Schur	Enum. Pl. Transsilv. 767. 1866		wfo-1200019582
Poa annua var. brevifolia	Lagr.-Foss.	Fl. Tarn Garonne 441. 1847		wfo-1200019709
Poa annua var. caesia	(Sm.) Spreng.	Mant. Prim. Fl. Hal. 59. 1832		wfo-1200019737
Poa annua var. caespitosa	N.Terracc.	Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital. n.s., 14: 212. 1907		wfo-1200019781
Poa annua var. campana	Seguin	Ann. Mus., Civico Storia Nat. Genova ser. 2, 18: 215. 1895		wfo-1200019804
Poa annua var. crispa	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105. 1822		wfo-1200019728
Poa annua var. elatior	Chevall.	Fl. Gen. Env. Paris 2: 177. 1827		wfo-1200019658
Poa annua var. glomerata	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105. 1822		wfo-1200019684
Poa annua var. humilis	(Ehrh.) Poir.	Encycl. Suppl. 5: 73. 1817		wfo-1200019732
Poa annua var. laxiflora	Sennen	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 20: 131. 1911		wfo-1200019641
Poa annua var. longiglumis	Lindm.	Sv. Fanerogamfl. 94. 1918		wfo-1200019555
Poa annua var. plicata	Sennen	Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 20: 131. 1911		wfo-1200019796
Poa annua var. rivularis	Pauquy	Statist. Bot. Somme 480. 1831		wfo-1200019733
Poa annua var. rubra	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105. 1822		wfo-1200019633
Poa annua var. tomentosa	Grognot	Cat. Rais. Pl. Vasc. Départ. Saône-et-Loire Suppl.: 200. 1863		wfo-1200019617
Poa annua var. tommasinii	Asch. & Graebn.	Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 390. 1900		wfo-1200019650
Poa annua var. uliginosa	Heuff.	Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 1858: 230.		wfo-1200019586
Poa annua var. villosa	Bluff & Fingerh.	Comp. Fl. German. 1: 125. 1825		wfo-1200019665
Poa annua var. vivipara	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105. 1822		wfo-1200019818
Poa appennia	Jan ex Bertol.	Fl. Ital. 1: 527 1833	—	wfo-0001098554
Poa aquatica var. vivipara	Gray	Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 102. 1822		wfo-1200019636
Poa archarensis	Prob.	Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 50: 22. 2019		wfo-1000034005
Poa arvensis	Gromov ex Trautv.	Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 329 (1884)		wfo-0000891622
Poa aspera	Kit.	Oestr. Fl. , ed. 2, 1: 229 (1814)		wfo-0000891626
Poa aspera var. minor	Nees	Fl. Bras. Enum. Pl. 2: 506. 1829		wfo-1200019577
Poa atrata	P.Beauv.	Ess. Agrostogr. : 174 (1812)		wfo-0000891640
Poa atroviridis	Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.	Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3843 A. 1831		wfo-0001352285
Poa attica var. gaditana	Pérez-Lara ex Willk.	Suppl. Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 22. 1893		wfo-1200019758
Poa australis var. australis	R.Br.	Flora Tasmaniae 2 1859		wfo-0001400808
Poa balbisii var. prorepens	(Hack.) Rouy	Fl. France 14: 279 1913	—	wfo-0001039961
Poa balbisii var. rigidior	(Hack.) Rouy	Fl. France 14: 279 1913	—	wfo-0001039963
Poa baleariea	Porta, M.	Giorn. Bot. Ital. 19: 324 1887	—	wfo-0001098863
Poa blepharophora	Trin. ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 358 (1841)		wfo-0000891742
Poa bohemiea	Honck.	Syn. Pl. Germ. i. 542; Mayer, ex Mert. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. i. 621 (Quid ?).		wfo-0001098576
Poa bonariensis f. planifolia	Hack.	Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 14: 148. 1911		wfo-0001324329
Poa borbonica	Kunth	Révis. Gramin. 2: t. 151 (1881)		wfo-0000891756
Poa bourgeaui	E.Fourn.	Mexic. Pl. 2: 113. 1886 (1886)		wfo-1000037718
Poa breviligula	L.Liu	Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 9(2): 389 (2002)		wfo-0000891797
Poa bricenoi	Soreng & Sylvester	Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 197(1): 123, f. 5-6. 2021		wfo-1000028475
Poa buckleyana	Nash	Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 22: 465 (1895)		wfo-0000891819
Poa buckleyana var. elongata	M.E.Jones	Contr. W. Bot. 14: 14 (1912)		wfo-0000891820
Poa buckleyana var. sandbergii	M.E.Jones	Contr. W. Bot. 14: 14 (1912)		wfo-0000891821
Poa buckleyana var. stenophylla	M.E.Jones	Contr. W. Bot. 14: 14 (1912)		wfo-0000891822
Poa bulbosa var. praecox	(Borbás) K.Richt.	Pl. Eur. 1: 85 1890	—	wfo-0001250805
Poa caerulea var. atrovirens	(Thuill.) Mérat	Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris 36. 1812		wfo-1200019705
Poa caesia subsp. briquetii	Hack.	Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 2: 72-1. 1910 (1910)		wfo-1200012448
Poa caesia var. cernua	Rchb.	Fl. Germ. Excurs. 47. 1830		wfo-1200019750
Poa caesia var. disticha	Mutel	Fl. Franç. Herbor. 4: 80. 1837		wfo-1200019703
Poa caesia var. freartis	Orph. ex Halácsy	Consp. Fl. Graec. 3: 425. 1904		wfo-1200019683
Poa caesia var. gaudinii	(Roem. & Schult.) Heynh.	Nom. Bot. Hort. 637. 1840		wfo-1200019789
Poa caesia var. rigida	Vasey	Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6: 290. 1879		wfo-1200019708
Poa caespitosa var. flexuosa	Reader	Vict. Naturalist 23: 25. 1906		wfo-1200019774
Poa canbyi	Howell	Fl. N.W. Amer. 1: 764 (1903)		wfo-0000891889
Poa cenisia f. caespitans	Simmons ex Nannf.	–		wfo-0001323748
Poa cenisia var. abbreviata	C.Hartm.	Handb. Skand. Fl. ed. 11: 499. 1879		wfo-1200019598
Poa cenisia var. badensis	(Haenke ex Willd.) Rchb.	Fl. Germ. Excurs. 46. 1830		wfo-0001099004
Poa cenisia var. coarctata	(Host) Neilr.	Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 65. 1859		wfo-1200019631
Poa cenisia var. diffusa	(Host) Neilr.	Fl. Nied.-Oesterr. 65. 1859		wfo-1200019675