Poa leptocoma

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 leptocoma

Poa leptocoma Trin., Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg, Sér. 6, Sci. Math. 1: 374 (1830)

Homotypic
- Poa stenantha var. leptocoma (Trin.) Griseb. in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 4: 373 (1852)
Heterotypic
- Poa barguzinensis Popov in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 18: 4 (1957)
- Poa crandallii Gand. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 301 (1919 publ. 1920)
- Poa flavidula Kom. in Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 5: 146 (1924)
- Poa leptocoma var. scabrinervis Hultén in Fl. Alaska Yukon: 215 (1942)
- Poa nivicola var. flavidula (Kom.) Roshev. in V.L.Komarov (ed.), Fl. URSS 2: 380 (1934)
- Poa taimyrensis Roshev. in Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 299 (1932)

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
- Regionalː Northwestern USA
  - Alaska
- Regionalː Western USA
  - California, Oregon, Washington
- Regionalː Western Central USA
  - Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming
- Regionalː Canada
  - Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon
Continental: Asia-temperate
- Regionalː Rusian Far East
  - Kamchatka, Kuril Is., Magadan

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.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Poa leptocoma in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Poa leptocoma. Published online. Accessed: January 02 2026. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa leptocoma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 02. Reference page.