Poa cookii

Poa cookii

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 cookii

Name

Poa cookii (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Philos. Trans. 168: 14 (1879)

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Festuca cookii Hook.f. in Fl. Antarct.: 382 (1847)
  • Heterotypic
    • Poa hamiltonii Kirk in Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 353 (1894 publ. 1895)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regionalː Subantarctic Islands
      • Crozet Is., Heard-McDonald Is., Kerguelen, Macquarie Is., Marion-Prince Edward Is.

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

References

Primary references

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. 
  • de Salas, MF, Baker, ML (2022). A Census of the Vascular Plants of Tasmania, including Macquarie Island: 1-161. Tasmanian Herbarium, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart. https://flora.tmag.tas.gov.au/resources/census.

Vernacular names

  • English: Cook's tussock-grass, bluegrass
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