Biology:Poa fax
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Short description: Species of plant in the family Poaceae
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Poaceae |
| Subfamily: | Pooideae |
| Genus: | Poa |
| Species: | P. fax
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| Binomial name | |
| Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court
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Poa fax is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria.[1] This species has the shortest scientific name of any plant. Poa (πόα) is Greek for "fodder", and fax is Latin for "torch" or "flame", referring to "its dense, spike-like inflorescence which resembles a torch with ascending tongues of flame".[2] While the name Poa fax is accepted as valid by Flora of Australia,[3] and some databases reflect this, such as POWO,[1] WCSP[4] and FloraBase,[5] other sources such as Tropicos,[6] WFO[7] and GrassBase[8] consider it a synonym of Neuropoa fax.[9]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court" (in en). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/417016-1.
- ↑ Willis, J.H.; Court, A.B. (1955). "Changes in the nomenclature of three Victorian monocotyledons". Muelleria 1 (1): 45. doi:10.5962/p.171606. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49707656.
- ↑ Walsh, N.G.; Weiller, C.M.; Thompson, I.R. (2009). "Poa". in Wilson, A.. Flora of Australia. 44A. Poaceae 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. pp. 1–410. ISBN 978-0-643-09629-5.
- ↑ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew". https://wcsp.science.kew.org/namedetail.do?name_id=435879.
- ↑ "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora". https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/search/current/574.
- ↑ "Tropicos | Name - Neuropoa fax (Willis & Court) Clayton". http://legacy.tropicos.org/Name/25519740.
- ↑ "Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court". http://worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-0000892280.
- ↑ "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Neuropoa fax Description". http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/imp06682.htm.
- ↑ Clayton, W. D. (1985). "Miscellaneous notes on Pooid grasses". Kew Bull. 40 (4): 727–729. doi:10.2307/4109854.
Wikidata ☰ Q39571030 entry
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