Biology:Poa poiformis

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Short description: Species of plant

Poa poiformis
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Pooideae
Genus: Poa
Species:
P. poiformis
Binomial name
Poa poiformis
(Labill.) Druce[1][2]
Synonyms[3][4]
  • Arundo poiformis Labill. (basionym)
  • Poa australis R.Br. (nom. illeg.)
  • Poa laevis R.Br.
  • Poa plebeia R.Br.

Poa poiformis, commonly known as coast tussock-grass or blue tussock-grass, is a densely tufted, erect, perennial tussock grass, with distinctive blue-green leaves, that grows to about 1 m in height. Its inflorescences are arranged in a dense panicle up to 30 cm long. It is native to coastal southern Australia where it occurs along ocean foreshores, estuaries, dunes and cliffs.[5][6] P. poiformis is also found on Kangaroo Island (South Australia) and Lord Howe Island (New South Wales).[2]

Varieties

  • Poa poiformis var. poiformis (autonym)
  • Poa poiformis var. ramifer D.I.Morris – Trailing coast tussock-grass[6]

Var. ramifer is currently being studied to determine if it is synonymous with var. poiformis[7]

References

  1. Under its currently accepted binomial of Poa poiformis (from its basionym Arundo poiformis), this plant was published in Report. Botanical Exchange Club. London. Suppl. 2: 640. 1917. "Name - !Poa poiformis (Labill.) Druce". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/50062210. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 In choosing the scientific name, Druce originally used the spelling poaeformis for the specific epithet. "Poa poiformis". AusGrass2. 7 January 2011. http://ausgrass2.myspecies.info/content/poa-poiformis. 
  3. Arundo poiformis, the basionym of Poa poiformis, was originally described and published in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen 1: 27. 1804. "Name - Arundo poiformis Labill.". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/25510172. 
  4. "Poa". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Poa. 
  5. "Poa poiformis". PlantNET. National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Poa~poiformis. 
  6. 6.0 6.1 Longmore, Sue; Smithyman, Steve; Crawley, Matt (2010). Coastal Plants of the Bellarine Peninsula. Bellarine Catchment Network. 
  7. "Poa poiformis". The Plant List; Version 1. (published on the internet). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. 2010. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl/search?q=Poa+poiformis. 

Wikidata ☰ Q7206149 entry