Poa laxa

Poa laxa
Poa laxa

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 laxa

Name

Poa laxa Haenke in J.Jirasek, Beobacht. Reis. Riesengeb.: 118 (1791)

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Poa annua var. rigidula (Schur) Asch. & Graebn. in Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 2: 389 (1900)
    • Poa coarctata Kit. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 359 (1841), pro syn.
    • Poa crispa Link in Hort. Berol. 1: 184 (1827), nom. illeg.
    • Poa elegans DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3. 3: 62 (1805), nom. illeg.
    • Poa insolita Nyár. in Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 10: 181 (1933)
    • Poa laxa var. caesioglauca Nyár. in Bul. Grăd. Bot. Univ. Cluj 11: 49 (1931)
    • Poa laxa var. conferta Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 347 (1850)
    • Poa laxa var. conferta Bouvier in Fl. Alpes Suisse Savoie: 749 (1878)
    • Poa laxa var. elatior Mutel in Fl. Dauphiné, éd. 2: 700 (1848)
    • Poa laxa var. flavescens Hausm. in Fl. Tyrol 1(2): 995 (1852)
    • Poa laxa var. pallescens W.D.J.Koch in Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 94 (1843)
    • Poa laxa var. pauciflora Parl. in Fl. Ital. 1: 347 (1850)
    • Poa laxa var. pauciflora Bouvier in Fl. Alpes Suisse Savoie: 749 (1878), nom. illeg.
    • Poa laxa f. racemosa (Schur) Ghisa & Beldie in T.Săvulescu, Fl. Republ. Socialist. România 12: 391 (1972)
    • Poa laxa var. scabrida Legrand in Bull. Assoc. Franç. Bot. 4: 51 (1901)
    • Poa laxa var. zollikoferi Acht. in Izv. Tsarsk. Prir. Inst. Sofiya 11: 71 (1938)
    • Poa laxa subsp. zollikoferi (Acht.) Kožuharov in Opred. Vissh. Rast. Bulg.: 786 (1992)
    • Poa mataniae Nyár. in Veröff. Geobot. Inst. Rübel Zürich 10: 181 (1933)
    • Poa rigidula Simonk. ex Nannf. in Symb. Bot. Upsal. 5: 54 (1935), pro syn.
    • Poa simplex Schur in Verh. Mitth. Siebenbürg. Vereins Naturwiss. Hermannstadt 4(Anh.): 86 (1853), pro syn.
    • Poa supina var. racemosa Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 778 (1866)
    • Poa supina var. rigidula Schur in Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 778 (1866)

Homonyms

  • Poa laxa Lam. in Tabl. Encycl. 1: 183 (1791), nom. illeg. vide Festuca subverticillata (Pers.) E.B.Alexeev in Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 17: 52 (1980)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Europe
    • Regionalː Central Europe
      • Austria, Czechia-Slovakia, Germany, Poland, Switzerland
    • Regionalː Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria, Italy, NW. Balkan Pen., Romania
    • Regionalː Southwestern Europe
      • Corse, France, Spain

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. 
  • Mirek, Z., Piękoś-Mirkowa, H., Zając, A. & Zając, M (2020). Vascular plants of Poland an annotated checklist: 1-526. W. Szafer institute of botany, Polish academy of sciences, Krakow, Poland.

Vernacular names

  • English: loose bluegrass, lax bluegrass
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