Poa balearica
Poa trivialis subsp. balearica
Poa trivialis f. balearica
Poa trivialis var. balearica
Poa zapateri
Poa ventalloi
Poa flaccidula
Updated checklist of Poa in the Iberian Peninsula and Balearic Islands
Ortega-Olivencia, Ana
Devesa, Juan A.
PhytoKeys
2018
2018-07-10
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Boiss. & Reut., Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 128. 1852.
Boiss. & Reut., Pugill. Pl. Afr. Bor. Hispan. 128. 1852.
Liliopsida
Poaceae
Poa
CoL
Plantae
Poa flaccidula
Poales
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Tracheophyta
species
flaccidula
Poa balearicaPorta, Nuov. Giorn. Bot. Ital. 19: 324. 1887. [Type: "M. Ad pedes rupium praeruptarum m. Coma den Ar-bona" (lectotype designated by Rosselloand Saez2000, pg. 141, second on left specimen: G]. Poa trivialis subsp. balearica(Porta) Gand., Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur. 506. 1910, syn. nov. Poa trivialis f. balearica(Porta) Knoche, Fl. Balear. 310. 1921. Poa trivialis var. balearica(Porta) O. Bolos& Molinier, Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 5: tab. 7. 1958, comb. inval., syn. nov. Poa zapateriGandoger, nom. in sched. (MA 11500). [Type: "Sierra de Albarracin"] Poa ventalloiSennen, nom. nud., in sched. (Sennen BC-966297). Poa flaccidula Ill. Devesa (1987: 264).
Type. " Habitat in umbrosis septentrionalibus jugi Cerro de San Cristovalet Sierra de la Nieve ditionis Serrania de Ronda Junio 1849(Boiss. et Reuter)" ( lectotypedesignated by HernandezCardona 1978, pg. 104-105, 337, left specimen on the sheet from Cerro de San Cristobal, Reuter, 6-1849: G 00176652!).
Flowering. April to July.
Ecology. Stony places, cliffs, scrub clearings and understoreys, on limestone; (200) 700-2030 m a.s.l.
Distribution. W Mediterranean region (S France [Provence], peninsular Spain, Balearic Islands and NW Africa [Morocco and Algeria]). S and E half of peninsular Spain and Mallorca. And. Spa.: A (Ab) (Al) B Bu Ca (Co) CR Cs Cu Gr Gu Hu J L Ma (Mu) (Na) PM[Mll] (S) So (T) Te To V Z. For a representative list of studied materials, see Suppl. material 1.
Notes. Spikelets in this species usually have 2-3 flowers, but can have 3-7, a rare phenomenon observed more frequently in populations in NE Spain. The most distinctive characteristic of Poa flaccidulais the sericeous or appressed-hairy indumentum of the intervein zone of both the lemma and palea. This species is sometimes confused with P. annua, but, along with other differences, the latter is an annual, not a perennial. Poa flaccidulacan also be confused with P. trivialis, which, like P. flaccidula, has a ligule that is longer than the width of the leaf blade and possesses hairs at the base of the lemma that are longer than its width; however, both the palea and the internerval surface of the lemma is glabrous in P. trivialis. P. flaccidula subsp. guadianensisF.M. Vazquez, Folia Bot. Extremad. 9: 66 (2016) has recently been described from Extremadura (SW Spain), but examination of the type material (HSS 65616; COF 62937 isotypus) reveals that this taxon is in no way attributable to P. flaccidula. The most we can say, given the immaturity of the specimens, is that it may be of hybrid origin, with P. bulbosapossibly one of the parents.
1849-06
San Cristobal
Cerro de San Cristoval
Serrania de Ronda
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lectotype