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Poa L.
Taxonomic Serial No.: 41074

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Taxonomy and Nomenclature


	Kingdom:	Plantae
	Taxonomic Rank:	Genus
	Synonym(s):	Eremopoa Rosh.
		Dasypoa Pilg.
		Oreopoa Gand.
		Paneion Lunell
		Panicularia Heist. ex Fabr.
		Parodiochloa C.E. Hubb.
		Poagris Raf.
	Common Name(s):	bluegrass
		bluegrass spp.

	Taxonomic Status:
	Current Standing:	accepted

	Data Quality Indicators:
	Record Credibility Rating:	verified - standards met
	Global Species Completeness:	partial
	Latest Record Review:	2010

Taxonomic Hierarchy


	Kingdom	Plantae – plantes, Planta, Vegetal, plants
	Subkingdom	Viridiplantae – green plants
	Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
	Superdivision	Embryophyta
	Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
	Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants, phan�rogames
	Class	Magnoliopsida
	Superorder	Lilianae – monocots, monocotyledons, monocotyl�dones
	Order	Poales
	Family	Poaceae – grasses, gramin�es
	Genus	Poa L. – bluegrass, bluegrass spp.
		Direct Children:
	Species	Poa abbreviata R. Br. – northern bluegrass, short bluegrass
	Species	Poa acinaciphylla E. Desv.
	Species	Poa aequatoriensis Hack.
	Species	Poa aequigluma Tovar
	Species	Poa alopecurus (Gaudich. ex Mirb.) Kunth
	Species	Poa alpina L. – alpine bluegrass
	Species	Poa alsodes A. Gray – grove bluegrass
	Species	Poa ammophila A.E. Porsild
	Species	Poa anae Tovar
	Species	Poa androgyna Hack.
	Species	Poa annua L. – annual blue grass, walkgrass, annual bluegrass
	Species	Poa arachnifera Torr. – Texas bluegrass
	Species	Poa arctica R. Br. – arctic bluegrass
	Species	Poa arechavaletae Parodi
	Species	Poa arida Vasey – plains bluegrass
	Species	Poa arnowiae Soreng – Wasatch bluegrass
	Species	Poa atropidiformis Hack.
	Species	Poa atropurpurea Scribn. – San Bernardino bluegrass
	Species	Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliott – autumn bluegrass
	Species	Poa ayacuchensis Tovar
	Species	Poa bajaensis Soreng
	Species	Poa bergii Hieron.
	Species	Poa bigelovii Vasey & Scribn. – Bigelow bluegrass, Bigelow's bluegrass
	Species	Poa bolanderi Vasey – Bolander's bluegrass
	Species	Poa bonariensis (Lam.) Kunth
	Species	Poa boxiana Luces
	Species	Poa bradei Pilg.
	Species	Poa brevis Hitchc.
	Species	Poa bulbosa L. – bulbous blue grass, bulbous bluegrass
	Species	Poa cabreriana Anton & Ariza Esp.
	Species	Poa calchaquiensis Hack.
	Species	Poa candamoana Pilg.
	Species	Poa carazensis Pilg.
	Species	Poa chaixii Vill. – broadleaf bluegrass
	Species	Poa chamaeclinos Pilg.
	Species	Poa chambersii Soreng
	Species	Poa chapmaniana Scribn. – Chapman's bluegrass
	Species	Poa chirripoensis R.W. Pohl
	Species	Poa compressa L. – flat-stem blue grass, Canada bluegrass
	Species	Poa confinis Vasey – coastline bluegrass
	Species	Poa cucullata Hack.
	Species	Poa cumingii Trin.
	Species	Poa curtifolia Scribn. – little mountain bluegrass
	Species	Poa cusickii Vasey – Cusick's bluegrass
	Species	Poa cuspidata Nutt. – early bluegrass
	Species	Poa darwiniana Parodi
	Species	Poa denticulata Hack.
	Species	Poa dentigluma Tovar
	Species	Poa denudata Steud.
	Species	Poa diaboli Soreng & D.J. Keil
	Species	Poa diaphora Trin.
	Species	Poa dissanthelioides Tovar
	Species	Poa dolichophylla Hack.
	Species	Poa douglasii Nees – Douglas' bluegrass
	Species	Poa durifolia Giussani, Nicora & F.A. Roig
	Species	Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey – mutton grass, muttongrass
	Species	Poa ferreyrae Tovar
	Species	Poa fibrifera Pilg.
	Species	Poa flabellata (Lam.) Raspail
	Species	Poa X gaspensis Fernald
	Species	Poa gayana E. Desv.
	Species	Poa gilgiana Pilg.
	Species	Poa glaberrima Tovar
	Species	Poa glauca Vahl – white bluegrass, glaucous bluegrass
	Species	Poa grisebachii R.E. Fr.
	Species	Poa gymnantha Pilg.
	Species	Poa hachadoensis Nicora
	Species	Poa hartzii Gand. – hartz bluegrass, p�turin de Hartz, Hartz's bluegrass
	Species	Poa hieronymii Hack.
	Species	Poa holciformis J. Presl
	Species	Poa horridula Pilg.
	Species	Poa howellii Vasey & Scribn. – Howell's bluegrass
	Species	Poa huancavelicae Tovar
	Species	Poa hubbardiana Parodi
	Species	Poa huecu Parodi
	Species	Poa humillima Pilg.
	Species	Poa infirma Kunth – weak bluegrass
	Species	Poa interior Rydb. – inland bluegrass
	Species	Poa iridifolia Hauman
	Species	Poa keckii Soreng – Keck's bluegrass
	Species	Poa kelloggii Vasey – Kellogg's bluegrass
	Species	Poa kurtzii R.E. Fr.
	Species	Poa laetevirens R.E. Fr.
	Species	Poa lanigera Nees
	Species	Poa lanuginosa Poir.
	Species	Poa laxa Haenke – Mt. Washington bluegrass
	Species	Poa laxiflora Buckley – looseflower bluegrass
	Species	Poa leibergii Scribn. – Leiberg's bluegrass
	Species	Poa leioclada Hack.
	Species	Poa lepidula (Nees & Meyen) Soreng & L.J. Gillespie
	Species	Poa leptocoma Trin. – bog bluegrass, marsh bluegrass, bog bluegrass, marsh
	Species	Poa lettermanii Vasey – Letterman bluegrass, Letterman's bluegrass
	Species	Poa ligularis Nees ex Steud.
	Species	Poa lilloi Hack.
	Species	Poa X limosa Scribn. & T.A. Williams – Lassen County bluegrass
	Species	Poa macrantha Vasey – seashore bluegrass
	Species	Poa macrocalyx Trautv. & C.A. Mey. – largeglume bluegrass
	Species	Poa mannii Munro ex Hillebr. – Mann's bluegrass, Olokele Gulch bluegrass
	Species	Poa marcida Hitchc. – withered bluegrass
	Species	Poa marshallii Tovar
	Species	Poa matris-occidentalis P.M. Peterson & Soreng
	Species	Poa megalantha (Parodi) Herter
	Species	Poa mendocina Nicora & F.A. Roig
	Species	Poa mucuchachensis Luces
	Species	Poa mulalensis Kunth
	Species	Poa mulleri Swallen
	Species	Poa X multnomae Piper
	Species	Poa myriantha Hack.
	Species	Poa napensis Beetle – Napa bluegrass
	Species	Poa X nematophylla Rydb. (pro sp.)
	Species	Poa nemoralis L. – forest blue grass, wood bluegrass
	Species	Poa nervosa (Hook.) Vasey – Wheeler bluegrass
	Species	Poa nubensis Giussani, M.G. Fernandez & Morrone
	Species	Poa obvallata Steud.
	Species	Poa occidentalis Vasey – New Mexico bluegrass
	Species	Poa orizabensis Hitchc.
	Species	Poa orthophylla Pilg.
	Species	Poa oscariana Negritto & Anton
	Species	Poa paludigena Fernald & Wiegand – bog bluegrass
	Species	Poa palustris L. – fowl blue grass, fowl bluegrass
	Species	Poa paposana Phil.
	Species	Poa paramoensis L�gaard
	Species	Poa parviceps Hack.
	Species	Poa pauciflora Roem. & Schult.
	Species	Poa paucispicula Scribn. & Merr. – Alaska bluegrass
	Species	Poa pearsonii Reeder
	Species	Poa pedersenii Nicora
	Species	Poa perligulata Pilg.
	Species	Poa persica Trin.
	Species	Poa petrosa Swallen
	Species	Poa pilcomayensis Hack.
	Species	Poa pilgeri Negritto & Anton
	Species	Poa piperi Hitchc. – Piper's bluegrass
	Species	Poa planifolia Kuntze
	Species	Poa plicata Hack.
	Species	Poa porsildii Gjaerev. – Porsild's bluegrass
	Species	Poa pratensis L. – Kentucky bluegrass
	Species	Poa pringlei Scribn. – Pringle's bluegrass
	Species	Poa pseudoabbreviata Roshev. – shortcoal bluegrass
	Species	Poa ragonesei Nicora
	Species	Poa reflexa Vasey & Scribn. – nodding bluegrass
	Species	Poa reitzii Swallen
	Species	Poa resinulosa Nees ex Steud.
	Species	Poa rhizomata Hitchc. – rhizome bluegrass
	Species	Poa ruprechtii Peyr.
	Species	Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand – oldpasture bluegrass
	Species	Poa sandvicensis (Reichardt) Hitchc. – Hawaiian bluegrass, Hawai'i bluegrass
	Species	Poa scaberula Hook. f.
	Species	Poa scabrivaginata Tovar
	Species	Poa schizantha Parodi
	Species	Poa secunda J. Presl – big bluegrass, Sandberg bluegrass, Sandberg's bluegrass
	Species	Poa seleri Pilg.
	Species	Poa sellowii Nees
	Species	Poa sharpii Swallen
	Species	Poa sierrae J.T. Howell – Sierra bluegrass
	Species	Poa siphonoglossa Hack. – Kauai bluegrass
	Species	Poa soderstromii Negritto & Anton
	Species	Poa spiciformis (Steud.) Hauman & Parodi
	Species	Poa spicigera Tovar
	Species	Poa stebbinsii Soreng – Stebbin's bluegrass
	Species	Poa stenantha Trin. – northern bluegrass
	Species	Poa stepparia Nicora
	Species	Poa strictiramea Hitchc. – Big Bend bluegrass, chisos bluegrass
	Species	Poa stuckertii (Hack.) Parodi
	Species	Poa sublanata Reverd.
	Species	Poa subspicata (J. Presl) Kunth
	Species	Poa suksdorfii (Beal) Vasey ex Piper – western bluegrass
	Species	Poa superata Hack.
	Species	Poa supina Schrad. – bluegrass
	Species	Poa sylvestris A. Gray – woodland bluegrass
	Species	Poa tacanae Swallen
	Species	Poa talamancae R.W. Pohl
	Species	Poa tenerrima Scribn. – delicate bluegrass
	Species	Poa tovarii Soreng
	Species	Poa trachyantha Hack.
	Species	Poa trachyphylla Pilg.
	Species	Poa tracyi Vasey – Tracy's bluegrass
	Species	Poa trivialis L. – rough bluegrass
	Species	Poa tucumana Parodi
	Species	Poa umbrosa Trin.
	Species	Poa unilateralis Scribn. ex Vasey – San Francisco bluegrass
	Species	Poa unispiculata Davidse, Soreng & P.M. Peterson
	Species	Poa uruguayensis Parodi
	Species	Poa venosa Swallen
	Species	Poa wheeleri Vasey – Wheeler's bluegrass
	Species	Poa wolfii Scribn. – Wolf's bluegrass
	Species	Poa yaganica Speg.

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	Source:	Catalogue of New World Grasses (Poaceae) - 11/2009, database (version 24/11/2009)
	Acquired:	2009
	Notes:	Maintained by R. J. Soreng et al., at http://www.tropicos.org/Project/CNWG and formerly at http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/nwgc.html
	Reference for:	Poa

	Source:	NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)
	Acquired:	1996
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	Reference for:	Poa

	Source:	Poaceae update, database (version Sept. 2010)
	Acquired:	2010
	Notes:	Poaceae update for ITIS, in cooperation with NatureServe, and based on the Catalogue of New World Grasses database and other sources
	Reference for:	Poa

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4)
	Acquired:	1996
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Poa

	Source:	The PLANTS Database, database (version 5.1.1)
	Acquired:	2000
	Notes:	National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA. Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA. http://plants.usda.gov
	Reference for:	Poa

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