Poa annua

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

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

Name

Poa annua L., Sp. Pl. Sp. Pl. 1: 68. (1753)

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Ochlopoa annua (L.) H.Scholz, Ber. Inst. Landschafts Pflanzenökol. Univ. Hohenheim Beih. 16: 58 (2003)
Heterotypic
- Poa humilis Lej., Fl. Spa 1: 49 (1811), nom. illeg.
- Aira pumila Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 76 (1813)
- Catabrosa pumila (Pursh) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 2: 696 (1817)
- Poa annua var. crispa Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Poa annua var. rubra Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Poa annua var. vivipara Gray, Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 105 (1821 publ. 1822)
- Poa variegata Haller f. in J.S.Schleicher, Cat. Pl. Helv., ed. 4: 38 (1821), nom. illeg.
- Poa aestivalis J.Presl in C.B.Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 1: 272 (1830)
- Poa algida Trin., Linnaea 10: 306 (1836)
- Poa hohenackeri Trin., Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 1: 69 (1836)
- Poa hansiana Nees in J.F.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 46 (1840), nom. nud.
- Poa meyenii Nees & Meyen in C.G.D.Nees von Esenbeck, Gramineae: 31 (1841)
- Poa annua var. sericea Parn., Grass. Scotland: 91 (1842)
- Poa ovalis Tineo, Pl. Rar. Sicil.: 21 (1846)
- Poa annua var. eriolepis É.Desv. in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 6: 405 (1854)
- Poa puberula Steud., Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 256 (1854)
- Poa bipollicaris Hochst., Flora 38: 321 (1855)
- Poa annua var. aquatica Asch., Fl. Brandenburg 1: 844 (1864)
- Poa annua var. reptans Hausskn., Mitt. Geogr. Ges. (Thüringen) Jena 9: 7 (1891)
- Poa annua var. rigidiuscula Dewey, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 3: 262 (1895)
- Poa annua var. raniglumis S.E.Fröhner, Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 670 (1963)
- Poa annua subsp. notabilis Chrtek & V.Jirásek, Biologia (Bratislava) 19: 494 (1964)
- Poa annua var. pilantha Ronniger, Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 81: 17 (1968)
- Poa annua subsp. pilantha (Ronniger) H.Scholz, Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 81(Sonderabh.): 17 (1968)
- Festuca tenuiculmis Tovar, Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. "Javier Prado" 16: 55 (1972)
- Poa annua f. reptans (Hausskn.) T.Koyama, Grass. Japan: 523 (1987)
- Poa annua f. purpurea Mike L.Grant, Watsonia 24: 525 (2003)
- Ochlopoa annua subsp. notabilis (Chrtek & V.Jirásek) H.Scholz & Valdés, Willdenowia 36: 661 (2006)
- Ochlopoa annua subsp. pilantha (Ronniger) H.Scholz & Valdés, Willdenowia 36: 661 (2006)
- Ochlopoa annua subsp. raniglumis (S.E.Fröhner) H.Scholz & Valdés, Willdenowia 36: 662 (2006)
- Ochlopoa raniglumis (S.E.Fröhner) Bomble, Jahrb. Bochum. Bot. Vereins 3: 110 (2012)
- Poa portalii H.Scholz, Willdenowia 42: 293 (2012)
- Poa subcaerulea Sm., Engl. bot. 14: t (1004) (1802)

References

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus I: 68. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. Poa annua in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jan. 25. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Poa annua. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 25 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa annua in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Wintergras
Deutsch: Einjährige Rispe
English: Annual Meadow Grass
suomi: Kylänurmikka
français: Pâturin annuel
íslenska: Varpasveifgras
македонски: Едногодишна ливадарка
Nederlands: Straatgras

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