Poa chaixii

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 chaixii

Name

Poa chaixii Vill., Fl. Delphinalis: 7 (1786)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Poa remota subsp. chaixii (Vill.) E.G.Almq. in T.O.B.N.Krok & S.Almquist, Svensk Fl., ed. 20: 239 (1928)
Heterotypic
- Cynodon sudeticus (Haenke) Raspail in Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 5: 302 (1825)
- Poa chaixii var. glabra Wein in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 14: 182 (1908)
- Poa chaixii var. purpurascens Hausskn. in Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 3: 287 (1885)
- Poa chaixii var. rubens (DC.) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 423 (1900)
- Poa chaixii var. rubens (DC.) P.Fourn. in Quatre Fl. France: 69 (1934)
- Poa chaixii var. straminea Wein in Allg. Bot. Z. Syst. 14: 182 (1908)
- Poa chaixii var. virginea Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2(1): 421 (1900)
- Poa commutata Roem. & Schult. in Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 2: 555 (1817)
- Poa haemii F.Herm. in Izv. Bulg. Bot. Družh. 3: 43 (1929)
- Poa latifolia Pohl in Tent. Fl. Bohem. 1: 94 (1810), nom. illeg.
- Poa quadripedalis Ehrenb. ex Köhlerer in Descr. Gramin.: 160 (1802), pro syn.
- Poa rubens Moench in Methodus: 187 (1794), nom. illeg.
- Poa sclerophylla Spreng. ex C.Presl in Repert. Bot. System.: 238 (1834), pro syn.
- Poa sudetica Haenke in J.Jirasek, Beobacht. Reis. Riesengeb.: 120 (1791)
- Poa sudetica var. atrata Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 90 (1805)
- Poa sudetica var. cucullata Neilr. in Fl. Nied.-Oesterr.: 68 (1859)
- Poa sudetica var. densa Čelak. in Prodr. Fl. Böhmen: 47 (1867)
- Poa sudetica var. rubens DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 272 (1815)
- Poa sudetica var. rubens Tinant in Fl. Luxemb.: 57 (1836)
- Poa sudetica var. viridis DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 6: 272 (1815)
- Poa sulcata Lag. in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 3 (1816)
- Poa sylvatica Chaix in D.Villars, Hist. Pl. Dauphiné 2: 128 (1787), nom. illeg.
- Poa willemetiana God.-Leb. in P.R.Willemet, Phytogr. Encycl. 1: 86 (1808)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe
- Regionalː Southeastern Europe
  - Albania, Bulgaria, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania, Ukraine
- Regionalː Central Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
- Regionalː Southwestern Europe
  - France, Spain
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Caucasus
  - North Caucasus
- Regionalː Southwestern Asia
  - Türkiye
- Introduced into:
  - Baltic States, Central European Russia, Denmark, East European Russia, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Minnesota, Netherlands, New York, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Ontario, Québec, Sweden
- Recorded in error in:
  - Greece

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

References

Primary references

Villars, D. 1786. Histoire des Plantes de Dauphiné: Tome premier, Contenant une Préface Historique; un Dictionnaire des Termes de Botanique; les Classes, les Familles, les Genres, & les Herborisations des environs de Grenoble, de la Grande Chartreuse, de Briançon, de Gap & de Montelimar. 467 pp. Grenoble, Lyon, Paris. BHL Reference page. ː 7

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.
Hassler, M. & Muer, T. 2022. Flora Germanica: alle Farn- und Blütenpflanzen Deutschlands in Text und Bild. 2 vols., 1712 pp., Verlag Regionalkultur (Ubstadt-Weiher). ISBN 978-3-95505-333-8 Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Poa chaixii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 December 27. Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2025. Poa chaixii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 December 2025. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2025. Poa chaixii. Published online. Accessed: December 27 2025. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa chaixii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: December 27. Reference page.

Vernacular names

suomi: Puistonurmikka