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Poaceae
Poa

not marked as a favorite taxon Poa Linnaeus. Common name: Bluegrass.

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A genus of about 500 species, annuals and perennials, cosmopolitan.

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Subfamily: Pooideae. Tribe: Poeae (CHLOROPLAST GROUP 2 Poeae type). Subtribe: Poinae. supertribe: Poodae. clade: "BOP".

References: Haines (2004); Hitchcock & Chase (1950); Mao & Huff (2012); Soreng (1998); Soreng (2007) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007a); Soreng & Simmons (2018); Tucker (1996). Show full citations.

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image #1 of Poa© Gary P. Fleming | Poa compressa | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Poa© Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrey Zharkikh | Poa interior source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG
image #3 of Poa© Gary P. Fleming | Poa pratensis ssp. pratensis | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Poa© Gary P. Fleming | Poa sylvestris | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Poa© Scott Ward, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Scott Ward | Poa autumnalis source CC-BY | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Poa© Gary P. Fleming | Poa trivialis ssp. trivialis | Original Image ⭷
image #7 of Poa© Andrey Zharkikh, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Andrey Zharkikh | Poa interior source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #8 of Poa© Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) | Poa interior source CC-BY-SA | Original Image ⭷

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