Poaceae
Poa

Poa nemoralis L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 69 (1753)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Subarctic & Temp. Northern Hemisphere, NW. Africa. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the temperate biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Ireland, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Kuril Is., Lebanon-Syria, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Northwest Territorie, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Pennsylvania, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tennessee, Texas, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yakutskiya, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South, Greenland, Gulf of Guinea Is., Kerguelen, Labrador, Lesotho, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Uruguay

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Chang, C.S., Kim, H. & Chang, K.S. (2014). Provisional checklist of vascular plants for the Korea peninsula flora (KPF): 1-660. DESIGNPOST.
  • Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Dávila, P., Mejia-Saulés, M.T., Gómez-Sánchez, N., Valdés-Reyna, J., Ortíz, J.J., Morín, C., Castrejón, J. & Ocampo, A. (2006). Catálogo de las Gramíneas de México: 1-671. CONABIO, México city.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Frenot, Y., Chown, S.L., Whinam, J., Selkirk, P.M., Convey, P., Skotnicki, M. & Bergstrom,D.M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 80: 45-72.
  • Greuter, W. & Raus, T. (2011). Med-Checklist Notulae, 30. Willdenowia 41: 311-328.
  • Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas) 2: 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator.
  • Iwatsuki, K., Boufford, D.E. & Ohba, H. (eds.) (2020). Flora of Japan IVa: 1-430. Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo.
  • Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
  • Kavousi, M., Assadi, M. & Nejadsattari, T. (2015). Taxonomic revision of the genus Poa L. in Iran, new additions to Flora Iranica, and a new identification key. Turkish Journal of Botany 39: 105-127.
  • Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
  • Knapp, W.M. & Naczi, R.F.C. (2021). Vascular plants of Maryland, USA. A comprehensive account of the state's botanical diversity. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 113: 1-151.
  • Komiljon, T., Natalya, B., Avazbek, B., Dilnoza, A., Ziyoviddin, Y., Deng, T. & Sun, H. (2020). Flora of the Dzhizak Province, Uzbekistan: 1-523. China Forestry Publishing House.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Kozhevnikov, A.E., Kozhevnikov, Z.V., Kwak, M. & Lee, B.Y. (2019). Illustrated flora of the Primorsky Territory, Russian Far East: 1-1124. National institute of biological resources.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Meyer, F.K. (2011). Beiträge zur Flora von Albanien. Haussknechtia, Beih. 15: 1-220.
  • 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.
  • Nikolin, E.G. (2020). Opredelitel' vysshikh rasteniy Yakutii: 1-895. Moskva : Tovarishchestvo Nauchnykh Izdaniy KMK Novosibirsk "Nauka".
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Nowak, A. & Nobis, M. (eds.) (2020). Illustrated Flora of Tajikistan and adjacent areas 2: 367-766. PAN, Polish academy of sciences.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Soreng, R.J. & Peterson, P.M. (2012). Revision of Poa L. (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poeae, Poinae) in Mexico: new records, re-evaluation of P. ruprechtii, and two new species, P. palmeri and P. wendtii. PhytoKeys 15: 1-104.
  • Stepantsova, N.V. (2010). Additions to the "flora of Siberia" in Lena-Katanga floristic area of Irkutsk region. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 992-1005.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zhao, Y.Z., Zhao, L.Q. & Rui, C. (eds.) (2019). Flora Intramongolica, edition 3, 6: 1-619. Typis Intramongolicae popularis, Huhhot.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aedo, C., Tellería, M.T. & Velayos, M. (eds.) (1999). Bases Documentales para la Flora de Guinea Ecuatorial; Plantas vascularis y hongos: 1-414. CSIC, real jardín Botánico, Madrid.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1985). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 9: 1-724. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Edgar, E & Connor, H.E. (2010). Flora of New Zealand, ed. 2, 5: 1-650. R.E.Owen, Government Printer, Wellington.
  • Fedorov, A.A. (ed.) (1999). Flora of Russia. The European part and bordering regions 1: 1-546. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, Broekfield.
  • Fedtschenko, B.A. & al. (1932). Flora Turkmenii 1: 1-340. Turkmenskoe gosudarstvennoe izd., Ashkhabad.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Frenot, Y., Chown, S.L., Whinam, J., Selkirk, P.M., Convey, P., Skotnicki, M. & Bergstrom,D.M. (2005). Biological invasions in the Antarctic: extent, impacts and implications. Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 80: 45-72.
  • Grubov, V.I. (2008). Key to the vascular plants of Mongolia (with an atlas) 2: 1-503. Academy of Sciences, Mongolian People's Republic, Ulaan Bator.
  • Hultén, E.O.G. (1960). Flora of the Aleutian Islands and westernmost Alaska Peninsula: with notes on the flora of Commander Islands, ed. 2: 1-376. Weinheim : J. Cramer ; New York : Hafner Pub. Co.
  • Kandwal, M.K. & Gupta, B.K. (2009). An update on grass flora of Uttarkhand. Indian Journal of Forestry 32: 657-668.
  • Kharkevich, S.S., Probatova, N.S. & Novikov, V.S. (1985). Sosudistye rasteniia sovetskogo Dal'nego Vostoka 1: 1-383. Izd-vo "Nauka," Leningradskoe otd-nie, Leningrad.
  • Koyama, T. (1987). Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions: an identification manual: 1-570. Kodansha, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Lee, W.T. (1996). Lineamenta Florae Koreae: 1-1688. Soul T'ukpyolsi: Ak'ademi Sojok.
  • Malyschev, L.I. & Peschkova, G.A. (eds.) (2001). Flora of Siberia 2: 1-362. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Enfield, Plymouth.
  • Marhold, K. (ed.) (2012). IAPT/IOPB chromosome data 13. Taxon 61: 889-902.
  • Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://newfoundland-labradorflora.ca/checklist/.
  • Merkodovich, N.A. (ed.) (1941). Flora Uzbekistana 1: 1-566. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
  • Noltie, H.J. (2000). Flora of Bhutan 3(2): 457-883. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
  • Ovczinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1957). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 1: 1-547. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
  • Press, J.R. et al. (2000). Annotated Checklist of the Flowering Plants of Nepal: i-x, 1-430. Natural History Museum, London.
  • Roshevitz, R.J. & al. (eds.) (1950). Flora Kirgizskoi SSR 2: 1-315. Frunze : Izd-vo KirgizFAN SSSR.
  • Stepantsova, N.V. (2010). Additions to the "flora of Siberia" in Lena-Katanga floristic area of Irkutsk region. Botanicheskii Zhurnal. Moscow & Leningrad 95: 992-1005.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
  • Tutin, T.G. & al. (eds.) (1980). Flora Europaea 5: 1-452. Cambridge University Press.
  • Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2006). Poaceae. Flora of China 22: 1-733. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis.
  • Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur. Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2010 Litwinow, D. [2827] Russia K000789538 Type Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Litwinow, D. [2830] Russia K000789537 Type Yes
Feb 6, 1936 Martins, M. [120] Norway K000641233 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 6, 1936 Swartz [s.n.] K000641234 Unknown Type Material Yes
Feb 6, 1936 Martins, M. [98] Norway K000641232 Unknown Type Material Yes
Aug 1, 1901 Nelson, E. [448] United States K002077235 Yes
Fernald, M.L. ; Collins, J.F. [163] Canada K001770312 Yes
Macoun [163] United States K002077179 Yes
Degen, A. [82] Hungary K000641239 Unknown Type Material Yes
Anderson, J.P. [405] United States K002077175 Yes
Macoun, J.M. [s.n.] Canada K002077190 No
Collins, F.S. [340] Bermuda K002077236 No
K000641240 Unknown Type Material Yes
Merrill, E.D.; Wilcox, E.N. [197] United States K002077208 No
S.coll [S.no] United States K001691253 Yes
illegible [s.n.] Chile K002078594 Yes
Pammel, L.H. [s.n.] United States K002077220 No
[Carrés, H.] [s.n.] K000641236 Unknown Type Material Yes
Pammel, L.H. [68] United States K002077227 No
Roland, A.E.; Lewis, R.M.; Dore, W.G. [(3047)] Canada K002077180 Yes
Merrill, E.D.; Wilcox, E.N. [57] United States K002077206 No
s.coll. [119] United Kingdom K000641231 Unknown Type Material Yes
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [2654] Canada K002077197 No
Hu, S.Y. [13295] United States K002077219 No
Drummond [s.n.] United States K001770324 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K001770362 Yes
Nuttall [S.no] K002075871 Yes
Douglas [S.no] K001691263 Yes
Richardson [S.no] United States K001691231 Yes
Fernald, M.L. ; Collins, J.F. [163a] Canada K002077183 Yes
s.coll [s.n.] K002077217 Yes
Baker, C.F. [207] United States K001691230 Yes
Went, F.W. [s.n.] United States K002077174 Yes
Eyerdam, W.J. [1692] United States K002077173 Yes
Armstrong, J.M. [9] Canada K001732117 Yes
Cooley [39] United States K002077215 No
Fellman, N.I. [341] United States K001732138 Yes
Pullen [168] Canada K002077194 No
Baker, C.F.; Earle, F.S.; Tracy, S.M. [935] United States K001732119 No
Hooker, J.D.; Gray, A.; Munro, W. [s.n.] United States K002077222 No
Seemann [1414] United States K002077176 Yes
Babington, C.C. [s.n.] United Kingdom K000641237 Type Yes
Wright, C. [s.n.] United States K002077177 Yes
Knieskern, P.D. [s.n.] United States K002077214 No
Babington, C.C. [131] United Kingdom K000641238 Type Yes
Flodman, J.H. [136] United States K002077201 No
St. John, H. [1773] Canada K002077182 Yes
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K002077191 No
Flodman, J.H. [133] United States K002077202 No
K000641241 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F. [417] United States K002077232 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Canada K002077187 No
Litwinow, D. [2829] Russia K000789539 Isotype Yes
Blake, S.F. [5511] Canada K002077199 No
Flodman, J.H. [140] United States K002077203 No
[Smith] [s.n.] United Kingdom K000641235 Unknown Type Material Yes
Baker, C.F. [462] United States K002077225 No
Henry, A.; Henry [s.n.] United States K002077223 No
Ryoberg, P.A.; Bessey, E.A. [3640] United States K002077228 No
Nelson, A. [7885] United States K002077205 No
Macoun, J. [s.n.] Canada K001732118 No
Nelson, A.; Nelson, E. [5939] United States K002077212 No
Dusén, P. [5641] Argentina K000433752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Adrien, F. [1 328] Canada K002077186 Yes
James, H.E.M. [s.n.] China K000789486 Holotype Yes
Nelson, A. [3794] United States K002077204 No
Clements, F.E. [384] United States K002077221 No
McCalla, W.C. [2322] Canada K002077188 No
Fernald, M.L.; Wiegand, K.M. [4617] Canada K002077198 No
Baker, C.F. [892] United States K002077231 No
Nelson, A. [3757] United States K002077209 No
Dore, W.G.; Gorham, E. [45-491] Canada K002077181 Yes
Baker, C.F. [482] United States K002077233 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United States K002077218 No
Clokey, I.W. [3538] United States K002077224 No
Gray, A. [119] United States K002077216 No
Nelson, E. [460] United States K002077207 No
Shear, C.L. [1232] United States K002077229 No
Pullen [166] Canada K002077196 No
Wright, C. [s.n.] United States K002077178 Yes
Lyall [s.n.] Canada K002077193 No
Sartwell [s.n.] United States K002077213 No
Dore, W.G.; Gorham, E. [45-886] Canada K002077200 No
Nelson, A. [3949a] United States K002077210 No
Wolfe, J. [1131] United States K002077230 No
Lubke, R.A. [749] Canada K002077185 Yes
Baker, C.F. [513] United States K002077226 No
Griffiths, D.; Williams [27] United States K002077211 No
Baldwin, W.K.W.; Breitung, A.J. [2674] Canada K002077184 Yes
Baker, C.F. [538] United States K002077234 No
Aug 2, 1985 Colenso [2393] New Zealand Poa caespitosa K000641352 Type Yes
Jan 1, 1985 New Zealand Poa caespitosa K000641354 Isotype Yes
Colenso [2378] New Zealand Poa caespitosa K000641353 Unknown Type Material Yes
Colenso [2373] New Zealand Poa caespitosa K000641351 Unknown Type Material Yes
Boku, M. [723] Korea Poa kumgansanii K000789502 Unknown Type Material Yes

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