Poa planifolia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Pooideae
Tribus: Poeae
Subtribus: Poinae
Genus: Poa
Species: Poa planifolia

Poa planifolia Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 366 (1898)

Homotypic
- Colpodium planifolium (Kuntze) K.Schum. in Just's Bot. Jahresber. 26(1): 330 (1900)
- Poa chilensis var. planifolia (Kuntze) Hauman in Anales Soc. Ci. Argent. 86: 238 (1918)
Heterotypic
- Poa acutifolia Hauman in Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 405 (1917)

Poa planifolia Scribn. & T.A.Williams in Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 9: 3 (1899), nom. illeg. vide Poa arida Vasey in Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 1: 270 (1893)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina Northwest, Chile Centra References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Kuntze, O. 1898. Revisio Generum Plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars III^II. VI+201+576 pp. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 366

Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. 2006. World Grass Species – Synonymy database. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Available for download as an Access file from Synonymy database. Reference page.
Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O., Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C.F.S. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) 2008. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur (Argentina, Sur de Brasil, Chile, Paraguay y Uruguay). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107(1): i–xcvi, 1–983; 107(2): i–xx, 985–2286; 107(3): i–xxi, 2287–3348. ISBN 978-1-930723-70-2 ResearchGate (Vol. 2, Asteraceae); ResearchGate (Vol. 2, pp. 1581–1627, Bignoniaceae) . Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Poa planifolia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Poa planifolia. Published online. Accessed: January 05 2026. Reference page.