- Family: Poaceae Barnhart
Poa L.
[FZ]
Gramineae, E. Launert. Flora Zambesiaca 10:1. 1971
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets solitary, pedicelled, laterally compressed, muticous, 2-several-flowered; rhachilla disarticulating above the glumes and between the florets, terete, glabrous or sparsely hairy; florets all hermaphrodite but for the usually reduced uppermost one (very rarely the 2 uppermost florets female only).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes 2, slightly unequal, 1-3-nerved, thinly membranous, keeled, usually glabrous, persistent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Lemma
- Lemmas exceeding the glumes, (3)5-7-nerved, keeled, deeply concave, membranous, often with hyaline margins, apex acute to obtuse, usually pilose to a varying degree; callus short, obtuse, often with a woolly indumentum.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Palea
- Paleas shorter than or as long as the corresponding lemmas, 2-keeled, thinly membranous, usually ciliolate along the keels, with the apex usually emarginate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Lodicules
- Lodicules 2, rather small, cuneate-2-lobate or lanceolate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens 3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary glabrous; styles distinct, rather short; stigmas plumose, laterally exserted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis ovate, oblong or linear-oblong in outline, often grooved, usually free between the lemma and palea; embryo small; hilum basal, punctiform.
- Morphology General Habit
- Annuals or perennials of a wide range of habits.
- Morphology Leaves Ligules
- Ligule membranous or hyaline.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a lax or contracted sometimes spike-like panicle.
[FTEA]
Gramineae, W. D. Clayton, S. M. Phillips And S. A. Renvoize. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1974
- Morphology General Habit
- Annuals or perennials
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaf-blades usually flat, often with a blunt or hooded tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence an open or contracted panicle
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets 2–several-flowered, laterally compressed; glumes slightly unequal, 1–3-nerved, keeled, usually glabrous; lemmas deeply concave, keeled on the back, membranous often with hyaline margins, 5–7-nerved, awnless; callus short, obtuse, often with loose woolly hairs; ovary glabrous, the hilum basal and punctiform.
[FSOM]
M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual or perennial; leaves usually flat, often with a blunt or hooded tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Panicle open or contracted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets 2- to several-flowered; glumes slightly unequal, 1- to 3-nerved, keeled, glabrous; lemmas deeply concave, keeled on the back, 5- to 7-nerved, membranous with hyaline margins and tip, often hairy on the keel and nerves, rarely also on the back, awnless; callus short, often with a web of fine cottony hairs; rhachilla glabrous; palea-keels scaberulous to stiffly ciliolate; ovary glabrous.
- Distribution
- Some 590 species in cool temperate regions throughout the world, extending into the tropics on mountain tops.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual (25), or perennial (475). Rhizomes absent (364), or short (49), or elongated (94). Stolons absent (467), or present (36). Culms erect (239/323), or geniculately ascending (120/323), or decumbent (39/323), or prostrate (3/323), or rambling (5/323); robust (14/46), or slender (24/46), or weak (8/46); 1-38.73-400 cm long; firm (487), or wiry (8); without nodal roots (4/18), or rooting from lower nodes (18/18). Culm-internodes similar in length (1/2), or unequal, the upper longer (1/2); terete (158/183), or elliptical in section (31/183). Culm-nodes flush with internodes (1/4), or swollen (3/4). Lateral branches lacking (332/342), or sparse (9/342), or ample (8/342). Culm-sheaths persistent (1/1). Leaf-sheaths open for most of their length (40/80), or tubular for much of their length (40/80). Leaf-sheath auricles absent (494), or erect (1). Ligule an eciliate membrane (456), or a ciliolate membrane (42), or absent (1). Leaf-blades persistent (486), or deciduous at the ligule (9); aciculate (9), or filiform (54), or linear (435), or oblong (1), or triangular (1); herbaceous (469), or coriaceous (28); stiff (65), or firm (398), or flaccid (34); without exudate (494), or pruinose (2). Leaf-blade midrib evident (1/3), or conspicuous (2/3). Leaf-blade venation without cross veins (494), or with obscure cross veins (1). Leaf-blade margins unthickened (3/10), or cartilaginous (7/10). Leaf-blade apex muticous (479), or pungent (16).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Bisexual (441), or gynodioecious (male, in this context, indicating the bisexual state) (10), or monoecious (1), or dioecious (46); with male and female spikelets in the same inflorescence (1/56), or with male and female spikelets in different inflorescences (55/56), or with sex changing according to season (1/56). Inflorescence a panicle (493), or comprising only a few spikelets (3); subtended by an unspecialized leaf-sheath (494), or bracts (1); exserted (484), or embraced at base by subtending leaf (14), or enclosed (1). Peduncle tipped by a glumaceous appendage (1/1). Panicle open (374/492), or contracted (122/492), or spiciform (21/492). Primary panicle branches not whorled (482/493), or whorled at lower nodes (2/493), or whorled at most nodes (9/493). Spikelets appressed (2/6), or ascending (2/6), or spreading (1/6), or pendulous (1/6); solitary (494), or in pairs (1). Fertile spikelets sessile (1), or sessile and pedicelled (1), or pedicelled (494). Male spikelets pedicelled (1/1); 1 in a cluster (1/1). Pedicels filiform (1/3), or oblong (1/3), or clavate (1/3); tip rectangular (1/2), or widened (1/2). Male inflorescence similar to female (51/51); a panicle (1/1). Male spikelets resembling female (46/51), or similar to female but less developed (4/51), or distinct from female (1/51); lanceolate (1/1). Male spikelet glumes 2 (3/3).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1-4-13 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension (3/494), or with a barren rhachilla extension (116/494), or with diminished florets at the apex (376/494). Spikelets linear (1/494), or lanceolate (31/494), or elliptic (52/494), or oblong (285/494), or ovate (195/494), or orbicular (2/494), or obovate (5/494), or oblanceolate (1/494), or cuneate (15/494); laterally compressed; 1.5-5.384-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes glabrous (454/487), or sparsely hairy (20/487), or pubescent (25/487), or pilose (5/487), or villous (1/487). Floret callus glabrous (237/477), or sparsely hairy (17/477), or pubescent (15/477), or pilose (19/477), or bearded (4/477), or woolly (235/477).
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1-4-13 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension (3/494), or with a barren rhachilla extension (116/494), or with diminished florets at the apex (376/494). Spikelets linear (1/494), or lanceolate (31/494), or elliptic (52/494), or oblong (285/494), or ovate (195/494), or orbicular (2/494), or obovate (5/494), or oblanceolate (1/494), or cuneate (15/494); laterally compressed; 1.5-5.384-15 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes glabrous (454/487), or sparsely hairy (20/487), or pubescent (25/487), or pilose (5/487), or villous (1/487). Floret callus glabrous (237/477), or sparsely hairy (17/477), or pubescent (15/477), or pilose (19/477), or bearded (4/477), or woolly (235/477).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet (490), or reaching apex of florets (6), or exceeding apex of florets (3); thinner than fertile lemma (2), or similar to fertile lemma in texture (494); incurved at apex (2), or parallel to lemmas (490), or recurved at apex (1), or gaping (3). Lower glume linear (12/494), or lanceolate (298/494), or elliptic (42/494), or oblong (66/494), or ovate (108/494); not clasping (1/1); 0.33-0.8492-1.5 length of upper glume; membranous (487/493), or chartaceous (3/493), or herbaceous (2/493), or coriaceous (1/493); without keels (3/493), or 1-keeled (490/493); 1 -veined (301/455), or 2 -veined (91/455), or 3 -veined (244/455), or 4-5 -veined (4/455). Lower glume lateral veins absent (282), or obscure (60), or distinct (224), or prominent (2); without ribs (285/286), or ribbed (1/286). Lower glume surface smooth (451), or asperulous (35), or scabrous (23); glabrous (493), or pubescent (1), or pilose (1). Lower glume apex entire (492), or erose (3); emarginate (1/494), or obtuse (29/494), or acute (413/494), or acuminate (76/494), or attenuate (2/494), or setaceously attenuate (1/494); muticous (492/494), or mucronate (3/494). Upper glume linear (3/494), or lanceolate (164/494), or elliptic (83/494), or oblong (70/494), or ovate (213/494), or obovate (5/494); 0.25-0.8626-1.7 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous (487/493), or chartaceous (3/493), or herbaceous (2/493), or coriaceous (1/493); with undifferentiated margins (441), or hyaline margins (46), or membranous margins (1), or scarious margins (7); without keels (3/493), or 1-keeled (490/493); 1 -veined (18/470), or 2 -veined (14/470), or 3 -veined (457/470), or 4 -veined (19/470), or 5 -veined (26/470), or 6-7 -veined (1/470). Upper glume primary vein eciliate (494), or ciliolate (1), or ciliate (1). Upper glume lateral veins without ribs (489/490), or ribbed (1/490); meeting at apex (1/1). Upper glume surface smooth (444), or asperulous (43), or scabrous (22), or papillose (2); glabrous (492), or pubescent (2), or pilose (1). Upper glume apex entire (491), or erose (5); emarginate (4/493), or truncate (1/493), or obtuse (49/493), or acute (407/493), or acuminate (62/493), or attenuate (1/493); muticous (492/494), or mucronate (2/494).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile florets bisexual (448), or female (55). Fertile lemma linear (2/494), or lanceolate (73/494), or elliptic (55/494), or oblong (110/494), or ovate (282/494), or oblate (1/494); without auricles (494), or auriculate at base (1), or thickened on margins at base (1); laterally compressed (2/2); lanceolate in profile (22/134), or elliptic in profile (9/134), or oblong in profile (112/134), or ovate in profile (1/134); membranous (474/493), or chartaceous (8/493), or herbaceous (6/493), or coriaceous (6/493); of similar consistency above (442), or much thinner above (52), or firmer above (1); of similar consistency on margins (426), or much thinner on margins (69); without keel (1), or keeled (494); 0-5-11 -veined. Lemma midvein without distinctive roughness (398), or scaberulous (50), or scabrous (62); eciliate (272), or ciliolate (63), or ciliate (148), or pectinately ciliate (1), or pubescent (34). Lemma lateral veins obscure (57/135), or with distinct primaries but obscure intermediates (21/135), or distinct (30/135), or prominent (31/135); extending close to apex (2/36), or stopping well short of apex (32/36), or less than two thirds length of lemma (2/36). Lemma surface smooth (388), or granulose (8), or asperulous (31), or scaberulous (66), or scabrous (40), or papillose (9), or punctate (4), or pitted (1); glabrous (368), or puberulous (51), or pubescent (98), or pilose (16), or hirsute (2), or villous (2); hairy on back (100/162), or on veins (55/162), or between veins (9/162), or in lines (1/162); with simple hairs (161/162), or turgid hairs (1/162); without hair tufts (494), or with basal hair tufts near margin (1). Lemma margins flat (494), or involute (1); eciliate (321), or ciliolate (51), or ciliate (111), or pubescent (25), or pilose (2), or villous (2), or woolly (1). Lemma apex entire (482), or erose (9), or dentate (7); 2 -fid (5/6), or 3 -fid (1/6); incised 0.2 of lemma length; emarginate (6/486), or truncate (6/486), or obtuse (148/486), or acute (342/486), or acuminate (20/486), or cuspidate (2/486), or apiculate (2/486); muticous (485), or mucronate (16), or awned (5); 1 -awned (5/5). Principal lemma awn apical (15/19), or from a sinus (4/19). Palea 0.2-0.9418-1 length of lemma; 2 -veined (8/9), or 3 -veined (1/9). Palea keels separated (493), or approximate (2); wingless (494), or winged (1); smooth (213), or scaberulous (101), or scabrous (195), or spinulose (2); eciliate (390), or puberulous (5), or pubescent (1), or ciliolate (82), or ciliate (33). Palea surface glabrous (451), or puberulous (24), or pubescent (37), or pilose (3). Palea apex entire (1/8), or dentate (8/8). Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped (371/376), or distinct from fertile (5/376).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 1 (1/444), or 2 (443/444); membranous (442/442); glabrous (442/444), or ciliate (9/444); with a small lateral lobe (2/3), or irregularly toothed (1/3); obtuse (1/1). Anthers 1 (1/488), or 3 (487/488). Stigmas 2-3 (1/1). Ovary glabrous (11/11).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp (460/460); lanceolate (4/49), or fusiform (8/49), or ellipsoid (19/49), or oblong (11/49), or ovoid (5/49), or obovoid (1/49), or oblanceolate (1/49); laterally compressed (1/1); trigonous (15/15); striate (1/2), or rugose (1/2). Embryo 0.2-0.2567-0.33 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform (446/448), or elliptic (2/448).
- sex Male
- Male inflorescence similar to female (51/51); a panicle (1/1). Male spikelets resembling female (46/51), or similar to female but less developed (4/51), or distinct from female (1/51); lanceolate (1/1). Male spikelet glumes 2 (3/3).
- Distribution
- Europe (54), or Africa (29), or Temperate Asia (158), or Tropical Asia (95), or Australasia (84), or Pacific (7), or North America (80), or South America (120), or Antarctica (10).
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms 0.4-1 cm long. Leaves without demarcation between sheath and blade. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades triangular.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; subtended by an inflated leaf-sheath; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Panicle capitate. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3-3.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 3-3.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet, or reaching apex of florets; thinner than fertile lemma; parallel to lemmas, or recurved at apex. Lower glume oblong; 1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex cuspidate. Upper glume oblong; 0.9-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Upper glume apex cuspidate.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; membranous; keeled; 1-5 -veined. Lemma surface pubescent. Lemma apex cuspidate; muticous, or mucronate. Palea 1 length of lemma; 1-2 -veined; without keels. Palea surface pubescent.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous; 2-toothed. Anthers 3. Stigmas 2. Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; oblong; laterally compressed. Embryo 0.4 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- South America.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Culms geniculately ascending (1), or prostrate (1); 14-29.5-50 cm long; rooting from lower nodes (1/1). Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades firm (1), or flaccid (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open. Primary panicle branches not whorled (1), or whorled at most nodes (1). Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets (1), or 3 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets linear (1), or oblong (1), or cuneate (1); laterally compressed; 5-7.75-12 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets (1), or 3 fertile florets; with a barren rhachilla extension. Spikelets linear (1), or oblong (1), or cuneate (1); laterally compressed; 5-7.75-12 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes both absent or obscure (1), or two (1); persistent (1/1); shorter than spikelet (1/1). Lower glume linear (1/1); 1 length of upper glume; 1 -veined (1/1). Lower glume lateral veins absent (1/1). Lower glume apex acute (1/1). Upper glume lanceolate (1/1); 0.25-0.29-0.33 length of adjacent fertile lemma; 3-4 -veined (1/1). Upper glume apex entire (1/1), or dentate (1/1); 2 -fid (1/1); acute (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma lanceolate; herbaceous; keeled; 3-4 -veined (1), or 5 -veined. Lemma surface smooth (1), or scaberulous (1). Lemma apex entire (1), or dentate (1); 3 -fid (1/1); setaceously attenuate (1/1). Palea keels smooth (1), or scabrous (1). Palea apex dentate (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2 (1/1). Anthers 3. Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp (1/1). Hilum elliptic (1/1).
- Distribution
- South America.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms erect; 5-30 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades flaccid.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle contracted. Spikelets appressed; solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels linear.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 5-13 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 5-13 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 5-13 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 5-13 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet; thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume ovate; 0.6-1 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 3-5 -veined. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 0.6-1.1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3-5 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic; linear in profile; chartaceous; much thinner on margins; keeled; 5-11 -veined. Lemma lateral veins ribbed. Lemma surface pilose; hairy on veins. Lemma apex emarginate, or obtuse. Palea 1 length of lemma; 2 -veined. Palea keels eciliate, or ciliate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Australasia.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual (3), or perennial (11). Rhizomes absent (12), or short (1), or elongated (1). Culms erect (3/7), or geniculately ascending (2/7), or decumbent (3/7); slender (1/1); 2-9.803-35 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades herbaceous (12), or coriaceous (2); stiff (3), or firm (11).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open (2), or contracted (4), or spiciform (8). Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets, or 3 fertile florets (1); without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 2.4-3.889-6.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2 fertile florets, or 3 fertile florets (1); without rhachilla extension. Spikelets ovate; laterally compressed; 2.4-3.889-6.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; reaching apex of florets (6), or exceeding apex of florets (9); thinner than fertile lemma. Lower glume lanceolate (9), or oblong (2), or ovate (4); 1 length of upper glume; membranous (12), or chartaceous (1), or cartilaginous (1); 1-keeled; 3 -veined (12/12). Lower glume lateral veins obscure (1), or distinct (13); without ribs (13), or ribbed (1). Lower glume apex acute (12), or acuminate (2). Upper glume lanceolate (7), or oblong (2), or ovate (6); 1-1.332-2 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous (12), or chartaceous (1), or cartilaginous (1); with undifferentiated margins (13), or hyaline margins (1); 1-keeled; 3 -veined (12/12). Upper glume lateral veins without ribs (13), or ribbed (1). Upper glume apex obtuse (1), or acute (11), or acuminate (2).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma lanceolate (3), or elliptic (1), or oblong (2), or ovate (8); chartaceous (13), or cartilaginous (1); of similar consistency above (12), or much thinner above (2); keeled; 3 -veined. Lemma midvein without distinctive roughness (11), or scabrous (3). Lemma surface smooth (9), or asperulous (1), or scaberulous (3), or scabrous (1); glabrous (10), or puberulous (2), or pubescent (1), or hispidulous (1). Lemma apex entire (13), or dentate (1); 3 -fid (1/1); truncate (2), or obtuse (4), or acute (9), or acuminate (1). Palea keels smooth (13), or scaberulous (3); eciliate (11), or ciliolate (3).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3 (11/11). Ovary glabrous (11/11).
- Distribution
- North America (2), or South America (13).
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Culms erect (2/2); 25-69.16-120 cm long. Leaf-sheath auricles absent, or falcate (1). Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades filiform (1), or linear (2); coriaceous; stiff. Leaf-blade apex muticous (2), or pungent (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open (2), or contracted (1). Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels cuneate (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 3 fertile florets (1), or 4-5 fertile florets, or 6 fertile florets (1); with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 9-13-18 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes pilose (1), or villous (2). Floret callus pubescent (1), or pilose (2).
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 3 fertile florets (1), or 4-5 fertile florets, or 6 fertile florets (1); with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets oblong; laterally compressed; 9-13-18 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes pilose (1), or villous (2). Floret callus pubescent (1), or pilose (2).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume linear; 0.9-0.9 length of upper glume; coriaceous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume surface asperulous. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume lanceolate (2), or ovate (1); 0.75-0.9583-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; coriaceous; 1-keeled; 3-4 -veined (1), or 5 -veined. Upper glume surface asperulous. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic (2), or ovate (1); coriaceous; of similar consistency above (2), or much thinner above (1); keeled; 5 -veined (2), or 6 -veined (1), or 7 -veined (2), or 8-11 -veined (1). Lemma midvein without distinctive roughness (2), or scabrous (1); eciliate (2), or ciliolate (1). Lemma surface asperulous (1), or scaberulous (1), or scabrous (1). Lemma apex entire (1), or erose (1), or dentate; 2 -fid; truncate (1/2), or acute (1/2); mucronate (1), or awned (2); 1 -awned (2/2). Principal lemma awn subapical (1), or from a sinus (2). Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels smooth (1), or scabrous (2); eciliate (2), or ciliolate (1). Palea apex dentate (2/2). Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous; glabrous (2), or ciliate (1); 2-toothed (1/1). Anthers 3. Ovary glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum elliptic.
- Distribution
- Australasia.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms 2-5 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence composed of racemes; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Racemes single; unilateral; bearing few fertile spikelets; bearing 2-6 fertile spikelets on each. Rhachis angular. Spikelet packing broadside to rhachis. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets sessile.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 2.49-3.6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets; without rhachilla extension. Spikelets lanceolate; laterally compressed; 2.49-3.6 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 1 length of upper glume; hyaline; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume ovate; 0.05-0.3 length of adjacent fertile lemma; hyaline; without keels; 1 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma oblong; hyaline; without keel; 3 -veined. Lemma lateral veins obscure. Lemma apex erose; truncate. Palea hyaline; 2 -veined.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules absent. Anthers 3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; oblong; laterally compressed. Hilum elliptic.
- Distribution
- Africa.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial. Culms 3-12 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle; embraced at base by subtending leaf. Panicle spiciform. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels oblong.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 3-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 4-7 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 3-8 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets cuneate; laterally compressed; 4-7 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume ovate; 0.6-0.8 length of upper glume; hyaline; without keels; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex obtuse. Upper glume orbicular; 0.6-0.7 length of adjacent fertile lemma; hyaline; without keels; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex obtuse.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma flabellate; hyaline; without keel; 5 -veined. Lemma apex emarginate. Palea 0.5 length of lemma; hyaline; 2 -veined. Palea apex lobed. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Distribution
- South America.
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms 5-27.1-65 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane. Leaf-blades firm (4), or flaccid (1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open. Primary panicle branches whorled at most nodes; without sterile bristles (3), or sterile at lowest node (2). Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled. Pedicels filiform; tip rectangular (1/1).
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets (3), or 2-3 fertile florets (4), or 4-7 fertile florets (2), or 8 fertile florets (3), or 9 fertile florets (2), or 10-12 fertile florets (1); with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 2-5.15-11.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 1 fertile florets (3), or 2-3 fertile florets (4), or 4-7 fertile florets (2), or 8 fertile florets (3), or 9 fertile florets (2), or 10-12 fertile florets (1); with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 2-5.15-11.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume elliptic (1), or ovate (4); 0.6-0.711-0.8 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume elliptic (1), or ovate (4); 0.6-0.856-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma lanceolate; oblong in profile; membranous; much thinner above; keeled; 5 -veined. Lemma midvein eciliate (4), or ciliolate (1). Lemma surface glabrous (2), or pubescent (3); hairy on back (1/3), or on veins (2/3). Lemma apex truncate (3), or obtuse (2), or acute (1). Palea keels eciliate (4), or ciliolate (1). Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Anthers 3.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; lanceolate (1/1); trigonous (1/1). Embryo 1.1-1.15-1.2 length of caryopsis.
- Distribution
- Europe (1), or Africa (1), or Temperate Asia, or Tropical Asia (2).
[GB]
nonem
- Morphology General Habit
- Annual. Culms decumbent; 8-21 cm long. Ligule an eciliate membrane.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open. Primary panicle branches whorled at most nodes. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 2-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 3-4.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 2-5 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic; laterally compressed; 3-4.5 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume elliptic; 0.8 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 1 -veined. Lower glume lateral veins absent. Lower glume surface scabrous. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume elliptic; 0.8 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; with hyaline margins; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume surface scabrous. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma elliptic; membranous; keeled; 3 -veined. Lemma midvein scaberulous. Lemma surface scaberulous; pilose; hairy between veins. Lemma apex acute; muticous, or mucronate. Palea 1 length of lemma. Palea keels ciliate. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous; with a small lateral lobe; acute. Anthers 3. Stigmas 2.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp; fusiform. Embryo 0.1 length of caryopsis. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Temperate Asia.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Amur, Antipodean Is., Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Borneo, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Burundi, Buryatiya, California, Cameroon, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Central European Rus, Chatham Is., Chile Central, Chile North, Chile South, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Colombia, Colorado, Congo, Connecticut, Corse, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, District of Columbia, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Is., Finland, Florida, France, Free State, Føroyar, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Guatemala, Gulf of Guinea Is., Gulf States, Hainan, Hawaii, Heard-McDonald Is., Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, India, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kamchatka, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Kenya, Kerguelen, Kermadec Is., Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Kuwait, KwaZulu-Natal, Labrador, Lebanon-Syria, Lesotho, Libya, Louisiana, Macquarie Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Magadan, Maine, Malawi, Maluku, Manchuria, Manitoba, Marion-Prince Edward, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Guinea, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Nigeria, Norfolk Is., North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northern Provinces, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oman, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Paraguay, Pennsylvania, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Qinghai, Queensland, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Rwanda, Réunion, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, South Georgia, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sulawesi, Svalbard, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, Utah, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vermont, Victoria, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yemen, Yugoslavia, Yukon, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Antarctica, Ascension, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Cuba, Desventurados Is., Dominican Republic, Easter Is., El Salvador, Galápagos, Haiti, Jamaica, Juan Fernández Is., Leeward Is., Lesser Sunda Is., Malaya, Marianas, Mauritius, Namibia, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Northern Territory, Ogasawara-shoto, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Rodrigues, St.Helena, Sumatera, Swaziland, Zambia
- Poa abbreviata R.Br.
- Poa acicularifolia Buchanan
- Poa acinaciphylla É.Desv.
- Poa acroleuca Steud.
- Poa adusta J.Presl
- Poa aequalis (Swallen & Tovar) Refulio
- Poa aequatoriensis Hack.
- Poa aequigluma Tovar
- Poa affinis R.Br.
- Poa afghanica Bor
- Poa aitchisonii Boiss.
- Poa ajanensis Prob.
- Poa akmanii Soreng, P.Hein & H.Scholz
- Poa alberti Regel
- Poa albescens Hitchc.
- Poa almasovii Golub
- Poa alopecurus (Gaudich. ex Mirb.) Kunth
- Poa alpigena Lindm.
- Poa alpina L.
- Poa alsodes A.Gray
- Poa alta Hitchc.
- Poa amplexicaulis C.M.Weiller & Stajsic
- Poa amplivaginata (Tovar) Refulio
- Poa amurica Prob.
- Poa anae Tovar
- Poa anceps G.Forst.
- Poa androgyna Hack.
- Poa angustifolia L.
- Poa ankaratrensis A.Camus & H.Perrier
- Poa annua L.
- Poa antipoda Petrie
- Poa apiculata Refulio
- Poa arachnifera Torr.
- Poa araratica Trautv.
- Poa arctica R.Br.
- Poa arechavaletae Parodi
- Poa arida Vasey
- Poa arnowiae Soreng
- Poa arzhanensis Nosov
- Poa asirensis Cope
- Poa asperifolia Bor
- Poa astonii Petrie
- Poa atropidiformis Hack.
- Poa atropurpurea Scribn.
- Poa attalica (H.Scholz) Soreng, Cabi & L.J.Gillespie
- Poa attenuata Trin.
- Poa aucklandica Petrie
- Poa auriculata Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa aurigae Veldkamp
- Poa × austrohercynica Wein
- Poa austrokurilensis Prob. & Barkalov
- Poa austrouralensis Tzvelev
- Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliott
- Poa ayacuchensis Tovar
- Poa ayseniensis Hack.
- Poa babiogorensis Bernátová & Májovský & Obuch
- Poa bactriana Roshev.
- Poa badensis Haenke ex Willd.
- Poa bajaensis Soreng
- Poa balbisii Parl.
- Poa banffiana (Soreng) Soreng & L.J.Gillespie
- Poa bergii Hieron.
- Poa beringiana Prob.
- Poa bigelovii Vasey ex Scribn.
- Poa binata Nees
- Poa binodis Keng f. ex L.Liu
- Poa bolanderi Vasey
- Poa boliviana Refulio
- Poa bomiensis C.Ling
- Poa bonariensis (Lam.) Kunth
- Poa borbonica Poir.
- Poa boreorossica Tzvelev
- Poa borneensis Jansen
- Poa bradei Pilg.
- Poa breviglumis Hook.f.
- Poa brevis Hitchc.
- Poa bromoides Vahl
- Poa buchananii Zotov
- Poa bucharica Roshev.
- Poa bulbosa L.
- Poa burmanica Bor
- Poa bussmannii H.Scholz
- Poa cabreriana Anton & Ariza
- Poa calchaquiensis Hack.
- Poa calliopsis Litv. ex Ovcz.
- Poa callosa Stapf
- Poa calycina (J.Presl) Kunth
- Poa carazensis Pilg.
- Poa carpatica (V.Jirásek) Chopik
- Poa caucasica Trin.
- Poa celebica Veldkamp
- Poa celsa Edgar
- Poa cenisia All.
- Poa chaixii Vill.
- Poa chamaeclinos Pilg.
- Poa chambersii Soreng
- Poa chapmaniana Scribn.
- Poa chathamica Petrie
- Poa cheelii Vickery
- Poa chirripoensis R.W.Pohl
- Poa chokensis S.M.Phillips
- Poa cita Edgar
- Poa clavigera Veldkamp
- Poa clelandii Vickery
- Poa clivicola Vickery
- Poa × coarctata Haller f. ex Gaudin
- Poa cockayneana Petrie
- Poa colensoi Hook.f.
- Poa × complanata Schur
- Poa compressa L.
- Poa confinis Vasey
- Poa congesta Refulio
- Poa cookii (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
- Poa cooperi Noltie
- Poa cordemoyi Renvoize
- Poa costiniana Vickery
- Poa crassicaudex Vickery
- Poa crassicaulis Pilg.
- Poa crassinervis Honda
- Poa cucullata Hack.
- Poa cumingii Trin.
- Poa curtifolia Scribn.
- Poa cusickii Vasey
- Poa cuspidata Nutt.
- Poa cyrenaica E.A.Durand & Barratte
- Poa czazhmensis Prob.
- Poa damavandica Assadi & Kavousi
- Poa darwiniana Parodi
- Poa davisii Bor
- Poa deminuta Refulio
- Poa densa Troitsky
- Poa denticulata Hack.
- Poa dentigluma Tovar
- Poa denudata Steud.
- Poa diaboli Soreng & Keil
- Poa diaphora Trin.
- Poa × digena Melderis
- Poa dimorphantha Murb.
- Poa dipsacea Petrie
- Poa disjecta Ovcz.
- Poa dissanthelioides Tovar
- Poa diversifolia (Boiss. & Balansa) Hack. ex Boiss.
- Poa dolichophylla Hack.
- Poa dolosa Boiss. & Heldr.
- Poa douglasii Nees
- Poa dozyi Veldkamp
- Poa drummondiana Nees
- Poa dudkinii Prob.
- Poa durifolia Giussani, Nicora & Roig
- Poa dzongicola Noltie
- Poa egorovae Tzvelev
- Poa eleanorae Bor
- Poa ensiformis Vickery
- Poa epileuca (Stapf) Stapf
- Poa erectifolia Hitchc.
- Poa exigua Hook.f.
- Poa faberi Rendle
- Poa falconeri Hook.f.
- Poa fauriei Hack.
- Poa fawcettiae Vickery
- Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court
- Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey
- Poa ferreyrae Tovar
- Poa fibrifera Pilg.
- Poa × figertii Gerhardt
- Poa filiculmis Roshev.
- Poa fischeri Prob.
- Poa flabellata (Lam.) Raspail
- Poa flaccidula Boiss. & Reut.
- Poa flexuosa Sm.
- Poa foliosa (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
- Poa fordeana F.Muell.
- Poa × fossae-rusticorum Wein
- Poa fragilis Ovcz.
- Poa gamblei Bor
- Poa gammieana Hook.f.
- Poa × gandogeri Fedde
- Poa garhwalensis D.C.Nautiyal & R.D.Gaur
- Poa gaspensis Fernald
- Poa gayana É.Desv.
- Poa gigantea (Tovar) Refulio
- Poa gilgiana Pilg.
- Poa glaberrima Tovar
- Poa glauca Vahl
- Poa gnutikovii Prob.
- Poa golestanensis H.Scholz & Akhani
- Poa grandis Hand.-Mazz.
- Poa granitica Braun-Blanq.
- Poa greuteri Gabrieljan
- Poa grisebachii R.E.Fr.
- Poa guadianensis (F.M.Vázquez) F.M.Vázquez
- Poa gunnii Vickery
- Poa gymnantha Pilg.
- Poa hachadoensis Nicora
- Poa hackelii Post
- Poa hakusanensis Hack.
- Poa halmaturina J.M.Black
- Poa hartzii Gand.
- Poa harveyi Chrtek
- Poa hedbergii S.M.Phillips
- Poa helenae Veldkamp
- Poa helmsii Vickery
- Poa hentyi Veldkamp
- Poa × herjedalica Harry Sm.
- Poa hesperia Edgar
- Poa hideaki-ohbae Rajbh.
- Poa hiemata Vickery
- Poa hieronymi Hack.
- Poa himalayana Nees ex Steud.
- Poa hirtiglumis Hook.f.
- Poa hisauchii Honda
- Poa hissarica Roshev.
- Poa hitchcockiana Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa holciformis J.Presl
- Poa homomalla Nees
- Poa hookeri Vickery
- Poa horridula Pilg.
- Poa hothamensis Vickery
- Poa howellii Vasey & Scribn.
- Poa huancavelicae Tovar
- Poa hubbardiana Parodi
- Poa huecu Parodi
- Poa humilis Ehrh. ex Hoffm.
- Poa humillima Pilg.
- Poa hybrida Gaudin
- Poa hylobates Bor
- Poa hypsinephes Veldkamp
- Poa ibarii Phil.
- Poa iberica Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
- Poa iconia Azn.
- Poa igoshinae Tzvelev
- Poa imbecilla Biehler
- Poa imperialis Bor
- Poa inconspicua Veldkamp
- Poa induta Vickery
- Poa infirma Kunth
- Poa interior Rydb.
- Poa × intricata Wein
- Poa intrusa Edgar
- Poa iridifolia Hauman
- Poa irkutica Roshev.
- Poa × ivlievae Prob.
- Poa janaensis Prob.
- Poa jansenii Veldkamp
- Poa jaunsarensis Bor
- Poa × jemtlandica (Almq.) K.Richt.
- Poa jeremiadis Veldkamp
- Poa jubata A.Kern.
- Poa jugicola D.I.Morris
- Poa × jurassica Chrtek & V.Jirásek
- Poa kabalanica Prob.
- Poa kamczatensis Prob.
- Poa keckii Soreng
- Poa kelloggii Vasey
- Poa kenteica N.R.Ivanov
- Poa kerguelensis (Hook.f.) Steud.
- Poa keysseri Pilg.
- Poa khasiana Stapf
- Poa khokhrjakovii Prob.
- Poa kilimanjarica (Hedberg) Markgr.-Dann.
- Poa kirkii Buchanan
- Poa klokovii Tzvelev
- Poa koelzii Bor
- Poa koksuensis Golosk.
- Poa kolymensis Tzvelev
- Poa korshinskyi Tzvelev
- Poa krasnoborovii Stepanov
- Poa kronokensis Prob.
- Poa krylovii Reverd.
- Poa kuborensis Veldkamp
- Poa kulikovii Tzvelev
- Poa kurdistanica Chrtek & Hadac
- Poa kurtzii R.E.Fr.
- Poa kurynica Prob.
- Poa labillardierei Steud.
- Poa lachenensis Noltie
- Poa laegaardiana Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa laetevirens R.E.Fr.
- Poa lamii Jansen
- Poa lanata Scribn. & Merr.
- Poa langtangensis Melderis
- Poa languidior Hitchc.
- Poa lanigera Nees
- Poa lanuginosa Poir.
- Poa lavrenkoi Kuczerov
- Poa laxa Haenke
- Poa laxiflora Buckley
- Poa legionensis (Laínz) Fern.Casas & M.Laínz
- Poa lehoueroui Dobignard & Portal
- Poa leibergii Scribn.
- Poa lepidula (Nees & Meyen) Soreng & L.J.Gillespie
- Poa leptalea Veldkamp
- Poa leptoclada Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Poa leptocoma Trin.
- Poa lettermanii Vasey
- Poa levitskyi Nosov
- Poa lhasaensis Bor
- Poa ligularis Nees ex Steud.
- Poa ligulata Boiss.
- Poa lilloi Hack.
- Poa × limosa Scribn. & T.A.Williams
- Poa lindebergii Tzvelev
- Poa lindsayi Hook.f.
- Poa linearifolia Refulio
- Poa lipskyi Roshev.
- Poa litorosa Cheeseman
- Poa longifolia Trin.
- Poa longii Noltie
- Poa longiramea Hitchc.
- Poa × longriensis Prob. & Barkalov
- Poa lowanensis N.G.Walsh
- Poa lunata Chase
- Poa macrantha Vasey
- Poa macroanthera D.F.Cui
- Poa macrocalyx Trautv. & C.A.Mey.
- Poa macusaniensis (E.H.L.Krause) Refulio
- Poa madecassa A.Camus
- Poa × magadanensis Prob.
- Poa magadanica Kuvaev
- Poa maia Edgar
- Poa mairei Hack.
- Poa maniototo Petrie
- Poa mannii Munro ex Hillebr.
- Poa mansfieldii Otting & B.L.Wilson
- Poa marcida Hitchc.
- Poa margilicola Bernátová & Májovský
- Poa markgrafii H.Hartmann
- Poa maroccana Nannf.
- Poa marshallii Tovar
- Poa masenderana Freyn & Sint.
- Poa matris-occidentalis P.M.Peterson & Soreng
- Poa matsumurae Hack.
- Poa matthewsii Petrie
- Poa megalantha (Parodi) Herter
- Poa meionectes Vickery
- Poa menachensis Schweinf.
- Poa mendocina Nicora & F.A.Roig
- Poa millii Soreng, Cabi & L.J.Gillespie
- Poa minimiflora Stapf
- Poa minor Gaudin
- Poa mireniana N.G.Walsh & K.L.McDougall
- Poa moabitica Bor
- Poa molinerii Balb.
- Poa mollis Vickery
- Poa morrisii Vickery
- Poa mucuchachensis Luces
- Poa muktinathensis Rajbh.
- Poa mulalensis Kunth
- Poa mulleri Swallen
- Poa multinodis Chase
- Poa × multnomae Piper
- Poa muricata Veldkamp
- Poa mustangensis Rajbh.
- Poa myriantha Hack.
- Poa nankoensis Ohwi
- Poa × nannfeldtii (H.Scholz ex Val.N.Tikhom.) Nosov
- Poa napensis Beetle
- Poa navashinii Nosov
- Poa × nematophylla Rydb.
- Poa nemoraliformis Roshev.
- Poa nemoralis L.
- Poa neosachalinensis Prob.
- Poa nepalensis (Wall. ex Griseb.) Duthie
- Poa nephelochloides (Roshev.) Soreng, Cabi & L.J.Gillespie
- Poa nervosa (Hook.) Vasey
- Poa nitidespiculata Bor
- Poa nivicola Ridl.
- Poa × nobilis Skalinska
- Poa novae-zelandiae Hack.
- Poa novarae Reichardt
- Poa nubensis Giussani, Fern.Pepi & Morrone
- Poa nubigena Keng f. ex L.Liu
- Poa nyaradyana Nannf.
- Poa obvallata Steud.
- Poa occidentalis (Vasey) Vasey
- Poa olajensis Prob.
- Poa olonovae Tzvelev
- Poa opinata Veldkamp
- Poa orba N.G.Walsh
- Poa orientisibirica Olonova
- Poa orizabensis Hitchc.
- Poa orthoclada N.G.Walsh
- Poa orthophylla Pilg.
- Poa paczoskii Tzvelev
- Poa pagophila Bor
- Poa palmeri Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa paludigena Fernald & Wiegand
- Poa palustris L.
- Poa pannonica A.Kern.
- Poa paposana Phil.
- Poa papuana Stapf
- Poa parva Veldkamp
- Poa parvifolia Refulio
- Poa pattersonii Vasey
- Poa pauciflora Roem. & Schult.
- Poa paucispicula Scribn. & Merr.
- Poa × pawlowskii V.Jirásek
- Poa pearsonii Reeder
- Poa pedersenii Nicora
- Poa pentapolitana H.Scholz
- Poa perconcinna J.R.Edm.
- Poa perennis Keng ex Keng f.
- Poa perligulata Pilg.
- Poa perrieri A.Camus
- Poa persica Trin.
- Poa petrophila Vickery
- Poa petrosa Swallen
- Poa pfisteri Soreng
- Poa phillipsiana Vickery
- Poa physoclina N.G.Walsh
- Poa pilata Chase
- Poa pilcomayensis Hack.
- Poa pitardiana H.Scholz
- Poa planifolia Kuntze
- Poa platyantha Kom.
- Poa plicata Hack.
- Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce
- Poa polycolea Stapf
- Poa polyneura Bor
- Poa × poppelwellii Petrie
- Poa populetorum Prob.
- Poa porphyroclados Nees
- Poa pratensis L.
- Poa prichardii Rendle
- Poa primae Tzvelev
- Poa pringlei Scribn.
- Poa pseudamoena Bor
- Poa pseudoabbreviata Roshev.
- Poa pseudoattenuata Prob.
- Poa pseudobulbosa Bor
- Poa pseudoradula Prob.
- Poa pseudoschimperiana Chiov.
- Poa pseudotibetica Noltie
- Poa pulviniformis (Veldkamp) Veldkamp
- Poa pumila Host
- Poa pumilio Hochst.
- Poa pusilla Berggr.
- Poa pygmaea Buchanan
- Poa qinghaiensis Soreng & G.H.Zhu
- Poa quadrata Veldkamp
- Poa radula Franch. & Sav.
- Poa raduliformis Prob.
- Poa ragonesei Nicora
- Poa rajbhandarii Noltie
- Poa ramifera Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa ramoniana Soreng & Sylvester
- Poa ramosissima Hook.f.
- Poa rauhii (Swallen & Tovar) Refulio
- Poa reclinata (Swallen) Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa reflexa Vasey & Scribn.
- Poa rehmannii (Asch. & Graebn.) K.Richt.
- Poa reitzii Swallen
- Poa remota Forselles
- Poa resinulosa Nees ex Steud.
- Poa rhadina Bor
- Poa rhizomata Hitchc.
- Poa rigidula Veldkamp
- Poa riphaea (Asch. & Graebn.) Fritsch
- Poa rodwayi Vickery
- Poa royleana Nees ex Steud.
- Poa ruprechtii Peyr.
- Poa ruwenzoriensis Robyns & Tournay
- Poa × sachalinensis (Koidz.) Honda
- Poa saksonovii Tzvelev
- Poa salinostepposa Prob.
- Poa sallacustris N.G.Walsh
- Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand
- Poa sanchez-vegae Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa sandvicensis (Reichardt) Hitchc.
- Poa × sanionis Asch. & Graebn.
- Poa scaberula Hook.f.
- Poa scabrivaginata Tovar
- Poa schimperiana Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Poa schistacea Edgar & Connor
- Poa schizantha Parodi
- Poa schmidtiana Prob. & Barkalov
- Poa schoenoides Phil.
- Poa × sclerocalamos Facchini ex Ambrosi
- Poa secunda J.Presl
- Poa sejuncta Bernátová & Májovský & Obuch
- Poa seleri Pilg.
- Poa sellovii Nees
- Poa senex Edgar
- Poa serpana Refulio
- Poa setulosa Bor
- Poa shumushuensis Ohwi
- Poa sibirica Roshev.
- Poa sichotensis Prob.
- Poa sieberiana Spreng.
- Poa sierrae J.T.Howell
- Poa sikkimensis (Stapf) Bor
- Poa simensis Hochst. ex A.Rich.
- Poa sinaica Steud.
- Poa sintenisii H.Lindb.
- Poa siphonoglossa Hack.
- Poa skvortzovii Prob.
- Poa smirnowii Roshev.
- Poa soderstromii Negritto & Anton
- Poa spania Edgar & Molloy
- Poa speluncarum J.R.Edm.
- Poa sphondylodes Trin.
- Poa spiciformis (Steud.) Hauman & Parodi
- Poa spicigera Tovar
- Poa stapfiana Bor
- Poa stebbinsii Soreng
- Poa stellaris Veldkamp
- Poa stenantha Trin.
- Poa sterilis M.Bieb.
- Poa stewartiana Bor
- Poa stiriaca Fritsch & Hayek
- Poa strictiramea Hitchc.
- Poa stuckertii (Hack.) Parodi
- Poa suavis Veldkamp
- Poa subinsignis Prob.
- Poa sublanata Reverd.
- Poa sublimis Edgar
- Poa subspicata (J.Presl) Kunth
- Poa subvestita (Hack.) Edgar
- Poa sudicola Edgar
- Poa sugawarae Ohwi
- Poa suksdorfii (Beal) Piper
- Poa sunbisinii Soreng & G.H.Zhu
- Poa superlanata Prob.
- Poa supina Schrad.
- Poa swallenii Refulio
- Poa sylvestris A.Gray
- Poa szechuensis Rendle
- Poa takasagomontana Ohwi
- Poa talamancae R.W.Pohl
- Poa talikensis Prob. & Barkalov
- Poa tanfiljewii Roshev.
- Poa tangii Hitchc.
- Poa × taurica H.N.Pojark.
- Poa tayacajaensis Soreng & Sylvester
- Poa telata Veldkamp
- Poa tenera F.Muell. ex Hook.f.
- Poa tenerrima Scribn.
- Poa tenkensis Prob.
- Poa tennantiana Petrie
- Poa tenuicula Ohwi
- Poa teretifolia Renvoize
- Poa thessala Boiss. & Orph.
- Poa thomasii Refulio
- Poa tianschanica (Regel) Hack. ex O.Fedtsch.
- Poa timoleontis Heldr. ex Boiss.
- Poa tolmatchewii Roshev.
- Poa tonsa Edgar
- Poa tovarii Soreng
- Poa trachyantha Hack.
- Poa trachyphylla Pilg.
- Poa tracyi Vasey
- Poa trichophylla Boiss.
- Poa tricolor Nees ex Steud.
- Poa trinervis (Hack.) C.Monod ex P.Royen
- Poa triodioides (Trin.) Zotov
- Poa trivialiformis Kom.
- Poa trivialis L.
- Poa trollii (Pilg.) Refulio
- Poa tuberifera Faurie ex Hack.
- Poa tucumana Parodi
- Poa tuonnachensis Prob. & Barkalov
- Poa tuvinensis Prob.
- Poa tzvelevii Prob.
- Poa × tzyrenovae Prob.
- Poa ullungdoensis I.C.Chung
- Poa umbricola Vickery
- Poa umbrosa Trin.
- Poa unilateralis Scribn. ex Vasey
- Poa unispiculata Davidse, Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa ursina Velen.
- Poa urssulensis Trin.
- Poa urubambensis Sylvester & Soreng
- Poa uruguayensis Parodi
- Poa ussuriensis Roshev.
- Poa uzonica Prob.
- Poa vaginata Pamp.
- Poa verae Prob.
- Poa veresczaginii Tzvelev
- Poa versicolor Besser
- Poa vorobievii Prob.
- Poa vvedenskyi Drobow
- Poa wallowensis Soreng
- Poa wardiana Bor
- Poa wendtii Soreng & P.M.Peterson
- Poa wheeleri Vasey
- Poa wilhelminae Veldkamp
- Poa × wippraensis Wein
- Poa wisselii Jansen
- Poa wolfii Scribn.
- Poa xenica Edgar & Connor
- Poa xingkaiensis Y.X.Ma
- Poa yaganica Speg.
- Poa yatsugatakensis Honda
- Poa zhirmunskii Prob.
- Poa zhongdianensis L.Liu
- Anthochloa Nees & Meyen
- Aphanelytrum Hack.
- Austrofestuca (Tzvelev) E.B.Alexeev
- Dasypoa Pilg.
- Dissanthelium Trin.
- Eremopoa Roshev.
- Graminastrum E.H.L.Krause
- Libyella Pamp.
- Lindbergella Bor
- Lindbergia Bor
- Neuropoa Clayton
- Ochlopoa (Asch. & Graebn.) H.Scholz
- Paneion Lunell
- Panicularia Heist. ex Fabr.
- Parodiochloa C.E.Hubb.
- Phalaridium Nees & Meyen
- Poagris Raf.
- Stenochloa Nutt.
- Tovarochloa T.D.Macfarl. & But
- Tzvelevia E.B.Alexeev
Poa L. appears in other Kew resources:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longhi-Wagner, H.M. [2865], Brazil | K001077914 | |||
| Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 3791], Nepal | K001117223 |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 67 (1753)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R.H.A. (2011). World checklist of selected plant families published update Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
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