Poa abbreviata

Poa abbreviata
Poa abbreviata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Poinae
Genus: Poa
Species: Poa abbreviata

Name

Poa abbreviata R.Br., Chlor. Melvill.: 29 (1823)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Poa abbreviata var. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) B.Boivin in Phytologia 43: 106 (1979)
    • Poa abbreviata subsp. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) Hultén in Bot. Not. 126: 468 (1973)
    • Poa abbreviata var. marshii (Soreng) Tiehm in J. Bot. Res. Inst. Texas 17: 26 (2023)
    • Poa abbreviata subsp. marshii Soreng in Phytologia 71: 390 (1992)
    • Poa jordalii A.E.Porsild in Canad. Field-Naturalist 79: 82 (1965)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regionalː Northwestern USA
      • Alaska
    • Regionalː Southwestern USA
      • California, Oregon
    • Regionalː Western Central USA
      • Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming
    • Regionalː Canada
      • Alberta, British Columbia, Greenland, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon
  • Continental: Asia-temperate
    • Regionalː Siberia
      • Krasnoyarsk, West Siberia, Yakutiya
    • Regionalː Rusia Far East
      • Magadan
  • Continental: Europe
    • Regionalː Northern Europe
      • North European Russia, Svalbard

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Brown, R. 1823. Chloris Melvilliana. A list of Plants collected in Melville Island (Latitude 74°–75° N, Longitude 110°–112° W), in the year of 1820; by the officers of the voyage discovery under the orders of Captain Parry. 52 pp., W. Clowes, London. BHL Reference page. ː29

Additional references

  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page. 
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Vernacular names

  • English: short bluegrass
  • svenska: Isgröe
  • 中文: 短缩早熟禾
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