Poaceae
Poa

Poa sinaica Steud.

First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 256 (1854)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Medit. to NW. India. It is a perennial and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Al-Rawi, A. (1987). Flora of Kuwait 2: 1-455. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
  • Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
  • Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
  • 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.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
  • 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.
  • Patzelt, A. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437.
  • Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
  • Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
  • Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
  • Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
  • Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
  • Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 2016 Eig; Lohay [s.n.] Palestine K000939202 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Schimper, W. [326] Egypt K000789588 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 2010 Schimper, W. [326] Egypt K000789587 Isotype Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Townsend, C.C. [239] Jordan K000315644 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Townsend, C.C. [88] Jordan K000315645 Yes
Jan 1, 1965 Townsend, C.C. [206] Jordan K000315643 Yes
Abdeen, S.; Hijazeen, G. [8010] Jordan K000315611 Yes
Davies, P.H. [9127] Jordan K000315607 Yes
Blair, I.J. [355] Sudan K002075384 Yes
Davies, P.H. [8687] Jordan K000315608 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2397] Sudan K002075383 Yes
Davies, P.H. [8956] Jordan K000315612 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2668] Sudan K002075382 Yes
Jackson, J.K. [2643 A] Sudan K002075385 Yes
Townsend, C.C. [135] Jordan K000315610 Yes
Feinbrun [s.n.] Palestine K000641312 Isotype Yes
Davies, P.H. [8878] Jordan K000315646 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2376] Sudan K002075380 Yes
Davies, P.H. [9133] Jordan K000315606 Yes
Gillett, J.B. [15724] Jordan K000315609 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2669] Sudan K002075381 Yes
Wickens, G.E. [2484] Sudan K002075379 Yes
Davies, P.H. [9179] Jordan K000315605 Yes
Buhse, F. [s.n.] Poa reuteriana K000641313 Unknown Type Material Yes
Isolerkth [s.n.] India Poa bulbosa K003741128 No
Clarke, C.B. [29556] India Poa bulbosa K003741129 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora

    • Clayton, W.D., Vorontsova, M.S., Harman, K.T. and Williamson, H. (2006 onwards). GrassBase - The Online World Grass Flora.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images