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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.

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Synonyms of Poa

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Anthochloa Nees & Meyen Observ. Bot. 2: 14 (1835) wfo-4000002433
Aphanelytrum Hack. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 12 (1902) wfo-4000002614
Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 81(5): 55 (1976) wfo-4000003727
Dasypoa Pilg. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 25: 716 (1898) wfo-4000010837
Dissanthelium Trin. Linnaea 10: 305 (1836) wfo-4000012194
Eremopoa Roshev. Fl. URSS 2: 756 (1934) wfo-4000013732
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
Lindbergella Bor Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 63: 368 (1969) wfo-4000021827
Lindbergia Bor Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 62: 467 (1968) wfo-4000021829
Neuropoa Clayton Kew Bull. 40: 728 (1985) wfo-4000026044
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) wfo-4000036490
Tovarochloa T.D.Macfarl. & But Brittonia 34: 478 (1982) wfo-4000038650
Tzvelevia E.B.Alexeev Byull. Moskovsk. Obshch. Isp. Prir., Otd. Biol. , n.s., 90(5): 103 (1985) wfo-4000039689
Poagris Raf. Fl. Tellur. 1: 18 (1837) wfo-4000048326

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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
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa abbreviata var. marshii (Soreng) Tiehm J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 17(1): 26 2023 wfo-1200067895
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa abbreviata var. pattersonii (Vasey) Tiehm J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 17(1): 26 2023 wfo-1200067896
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa acroleuca f. scabrella Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 26(5): 156 1951 wfo-1200098535
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa aethnensis Guss. Fl. Sic. Prodr. 1: 90 1827 — wfo-0001098543
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa aitosensis Kožuharov & Stoeva 90 Godini D. Jordanov (1984) — wfo-1000080108
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alata Charit. Dopoln. Fl. i Rastitel'n. Yuga Zapadnoi Sibiri 78 2020 wfo-1200041265
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa albertii subsp. albertii – – — wfo-0001277676
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alchanaica Galanin Fl. Daurii 2: 97 (2009) wfo-0001336519
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alice L. – — wfo-0001099433
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alpina f. brevifolia (Gaudin) Polunin Canad. Field-Naturalist 52: 7. 1938 wfo-0001324328
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alpina var. badensis (Haenke ex Willd.) Wallr. Annus Bot. 19 (1815) wfo-1200112004
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa alpina var. jemtlandica Almq. Bot. Centralbl. 14: 135 1859 wfo-0000891452
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa altissima Gilib. Exercit. ii. 529; Moench. Meth. 185. wfo-0001352284
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa andina var. elongata Vasey – wfo-0001396013
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa angustifolia f. glaucescens (Zapał.) Soó Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 17(1-2): 118, without basionym date. 1972 [1971 publ. 1972] wfo-0001326033
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa angustifolia var. palustris Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 37, f. 1634 1834 — wfo-0001250391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa annua subsp. raniglumis (S.E.Fröhner) Chrtek in Cas. Nár. Muz. Rada Prír. 165(1–4): 128 (1996):. wfo-0001281935
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa appennia Jan ex Bertol. Fl. Ital. 1: 527 1833 — wfo-0001098554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa arctica subsp. elongata (Blytt) Nannf. – — wfo-1200112100
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa arctica subsp. microglumis Nannf. – — wfo-1200112101
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa arctica subsp. tromsensis Nannf. – — wfo-1200112102
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa arvensis Gromov ex Trautv. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 9: 329 (1884) wfo-0000891622
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa aspera Kit. ex Schult. Oestr. Fl. , ed. 2, 1: 229 (1814) wfo-0000891626
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa atrata P.Beauv. Ess. Agrostogr. : 174 (1812) wfo-0000891640
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa atroviridis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3843 A. 1831 wfo-0001352285
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa australis var. australis – – wfo-0001400808
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa balbisii var. rigidior (Hack.) Rouy Fl. France 14: 279 1913 — wfo-0001039963
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa baleariea Porta, M. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 19: 324 1887 — wfo-0001098863
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa bivonae Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1:99 (1843) — wfo-1000080650
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa blepharophora Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 358 (1841) wfo-0000891742
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa bohemiea Honck. Syn. Pl. Germ. i. 542; Mayer, ex Mert. & Koch, Deutschl. Fl. i. 621 (Quid ?). wfo-0001098576
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa bonariensis f. planifolia Hack. Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires ser. 3, 14: 148. 1911 wfo-0001324329
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa borbonica Kunth Révis. Gramin. 2: t. 151 (1881) wfo-0000891756
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa brennia K.Richt. Pl. Europ. i. (1889) 85. wfo-0000891787
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa buckleyana var. buckleyana – – — wfo-0001098911
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa bulbosa subsp. pseudoconcinna (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. – — wfo-1200112253
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa bulbosa var. praecox (Borbás) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 85 1890 wfo-0001250805
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa carinata Charit. Dopoln. Fl. i Rastitel'n. Yuga Zapadnoi Sibiri 29 (-30) 2020 wfo-1200040921
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa carinatipilosa Charit. Form. Rastitel'n. Pokrova Basseyna Irtysha 91. 2022 [28 Dec 2022] wfo-1000049178
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa carniolica (Mutel) Bech. Bericht der schweizerischen botanischen Gesellschaft 45:295 (1936) — wfo-1000080651
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cenisia f. caespitans Simmons ex Nannf. () wfo-0001323748
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cernua Willd. Neue Schriften Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 4: 182 (1803) wfo-0000891927
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa chilensis f. gerthii Hicken Darwiniana 1: 49. 1923 wfo-0001324330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cinniformis Hornem. ex Schrad. Linnaea 12: 452 (1838) wfo-0000891968
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cinnoides Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 359 (1841) wfo-0000891969
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa colpodea Th.Fr. Öfvers. Kongl. Vetensk.-Akad. Förh. 26: 138 1869 wfo-0000891993
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa complanata J.Presl ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 359 (1841) wfo-0000892000
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa compressa var. compressa – – wfo-0001396014
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa compressa var. laxa Scribn. Grasses Tennessee pt. 2, 106. 1904 wfo-0001396015
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa compressa var. nigricans Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 787. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0001396016
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa corana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3850 F. 1831 wfo-0001352286
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa crassipes Šourek Preslia. Věstník (Časopis) československé botanické společnosti 31:284 (1959) — wfo-1000080652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cusickii var. pallida (Soreng) Dorn Vasc. Pl. Wyoming, ed. 3. 377. 2001 wfo-0001392369
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa cylindracea Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 359 (1841) wfo-0000892077
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa dahurica var. pauper Reverd. ex Olonova & Gureyeva Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 127: 29 2023 wfo-1200068858
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa danthonioides Steud. Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 258 (1854) wfo-0000892093
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa diomedarum (Trin.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 1: 340 (1833) wfo-0000892155
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa dolor Boiss. & Heldr. Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2, 4: 136. 1859 wfo-0001352287
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa dumetorum var. typica Hack. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 27. 1912 wfo-0001396017
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa elata Desv. – — wfo-0001261526
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa elongata Charit. Florogen. Komm. Zelenoi Knige Sibiri (Stepi, Solontsy) 121 (-122) 2010 wfo-1200040902
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa fendleriana var. juncifolia (Scribn.) M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 14: 14. 1912 [29 Jun 1912] wfo-0001097823
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa fertilis var. capillifolia Kalchbr. ex Neilr. Ungarn & Slav. Gefasspfl. Nachtr. 7 1870 — wfo-0001099002
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa festucoides Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 182 (1791) wfo-0000892306
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa filiculmis Roshev. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Acad. Nauk SSSR 11: 29 1949 — wfo-0001269308
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa flabellata var. mucronulata Hack. Rep. Princeton Univ. Exped. Patagonia, Botany 8, Suppl. 56. 1915 wfo-0000892327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa flagellifera J.Walker Econ. Hist. Hebrides 1: 372 (1808) wfo-0000892330
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa flauciculmis Ovcz. Izv. Tadzh. Bazy Akad. Nauk. SSSR 1: 9 1933 — wfo-0001273298
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa flexuosa f. occidentalis (Vasey) Rydb. () wfo-0001323557
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa flexuosa var. scariosa Alph.Wood Class-book Bot. (ed. 1861). 797. 1861 wfo-0001396018
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa formosissima Willd. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 360 (1841) wfo-0000892361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa gebleri Trin. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 360 (1841) wfo-0000892386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa geminata Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 45 (1923) wfo-0000892390
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glabriflora (Roshev.) Roshev. ex Ovcz. Izv. Tadzhikistansk. Bazy Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 1(1): 10, 14. 1933 wfo-1200024926
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glabriflora var. sericea Ovcz. Izv. Tadzhikistansk. Bazy Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 1(1): 14. 1933 wfo-1200024923
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glacialis Pall. ex Colla Herb. Pedem. 6: 58 (1836) wfo-0000892403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glauca f. depauperata Porsild Meddel. Grønland 50: 367, fig. 11. 1912 wfo-0001324331
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glauca f. oligostachya Abrom. Biblioth. Bot. 8, Heft 42, pt. 2: 102. 1899 wfo-0001324332
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glauca f. tenuior Porsild Meddel. Grønland 50: 367. 1912 wfo-0001324333
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glauca subsp. litvinoviana (Ovcz.) Tzvelev Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 11: 32. 1974 wfo-0001097549
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glauca var. gracilis Reverd. ex Olonova & Gureyeva Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 127: 29 2023 wfo-1200068859
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glaucoides Moon Cat. Pl. Ceylon. 9. 1824 , nomen; Ferguson, Gramin. Indig. Ceylon, 49 (1886), in syn wfo-0001352288
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa glomerata Desf. Tabl. École Bot. 218. 1804 wfo-0000892446
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa gmelinii Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl. : 242 (1782) — wfo-0000892454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa gracilis Desf. Tabl. École Bot. : 17 (1804) wfo-0000892463
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa gracillima var. gracillima – – — wfo-0001096411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa gregalis Suter Fl. Helv. 1: 48 (1802) wfo-0000892478
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa halleri Honck. Verz. Gew. Teutschl. : 228 (1782) wfo-0000892499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa hayachinensis var. yezoalpina (Tatew. & Kawano) Toyok. – — wfo-0001285307
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa hirsutissima Link Diss. Bot. : 44 (1795) wfo-0000892541
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa hirsutiuscula Link Diss. Bot. 44 1795 — wfo-0001099150
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa hissarica Roshev. ex Ovcz. Izv. Tadzhikistansk. Bazy Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 1(1): 12, 26. 1933 wfo-1200024928
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa hyemalis Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List [Wallich] n. 3850 C. 1831 wfo-0001352289
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa jordanovii Kožuharov & Stoeva 90 Godini D. Jordanov (1984) — wfo-1000080109
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa jubata Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 45 (1923) wfo-0000892652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa juncifolia subsp. juncifolia – – — wfo-0001099223
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa karateginensis Roshev. ex Ovcz. Izv. Tadzhikistansk. Bazy Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 1(1): 12, 26. 1933 wfo-1200024929
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa kyberi Trin. ex Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl. , ser. 3, 5(1): 136 (1927) wfo-0000892720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa labillardierei var. labillardierei – – wfo-0001392488
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Poa laeviculmis T.A.Williams Bot. Gaz. 36: 55. 1903 wfo-0000892732