Poa wheeleri

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Orthokaryota Cladus: Neokaryota Cladus: Photokaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Regnum: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Regnum: Viridiplantae Cladus: Streptophyta Cladus: Phragmoplastophyta Cladus: Embryophyta Cladus: Polysporangiophyta Divisio: Tracheophyta Cladus: Eutracheophyta Cladus: Euphyllophytina Cladus: Megaphylla Cladus: Radiatopses Cladus: Lignophyta Cladus: Metalignophyta Diviso: Spermatophyta Classis*: Angiospermae Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

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

Poa wheeleri Vasey in J.T.Rothrock, Rep. U.S. Geogr. Surv., Wheeler 6(Botany): 291 (1878 publ. 1879)

Homotypic
- Poa nervosa var. wheeleri (Vasey) C.L.Hitchc. in Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N. W. 1: 671 (1969)
Heterotypic
- Poa curta Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 584 (1909)
- Poa cuspidata Vasey ex Scribn. in Circ. Div. Agrostol. U.S.D.A. 9: 6 (1899), pro syn.
- Poa olneyae Piper in Erythea 7: 101 (1899)
- Poa subreflexa Rydb. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 535 (1909)
- Poa vaseyana Scribn. ex Beal in Grass. N. Amer. 2: 532 (1896)
- Poa wheeleri var. vaseyana (Scribn. ex Beal) T.A.Williams ex Pammel in Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci. 20: 144 (1915)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regionalː Canada Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan Regionalː Western USA California, Oregon, Washington Regionalː Western Central USA Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

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.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2007). Flora of North America North of Mexico 24: 1-908. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Poa wheeleri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 January 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2026. Poa wheeleri. Published online. Accessed: January 11 2026. Reference page.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Poa wheeleri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 11. Reference page.