- Family : POACEAE
(Grass Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
- Synonym(s) : Briza virens Walter; Paneion pratense (L.) Lunell; Poa agassizensis B.Boivin & D.Löve; Poa angustifolia Elliott; Poa angustifolia var. angustiglumis (Roshev.) Vorosch.; Poa angustiglumis Roshev.; Poa articulata Ovcz.; Poa athroostachya var. anceps (Gaudin) Soó; Poa avatshensis Kom.; Poa bidentata Stapf; Poa boliviensis Hack.; Poa brintnellii Raup; Poa caerulea Knapp; Poa compressoformis Rouy; Poa costata Schumach.; Poa dolichachyra Keng f. ex L.Liu; Poa dolichachyra var. longiflora S.L.Chen ex D.Z.Ma; Poa dolichochyra Keng; Poa dubia Honck.; Poa eragrostiformis Schur; Poa filifolia Schur; Poa filiformis Link ex Schrad.; Poa florida N.R.Cui; Poa garanica Ikonn.; Poa gelida Roem. & Schult.; Poa glabra Ehrh.; Poa ianthoides Roiv.; Poa kuraica Olonova; Poa luzoniensis Merr.; Poa macounii Vasey; Poa magensiana Potztal; Poa maydellii Roshev.; Poa montana Honck.; Poa nymannii Tineo; Poa oligeria Steud.; Poa pachyantha Keng f. ex Shan Chen; Poa paratunkensis Kom.; Poa peckii Chase; Poa pinegensis Roshev.; Poa pratensis subsp. agassizensis (B.Boivin & D.Löve) Roy L.Taylor & MacBryde; Poa pratensis subsp. anceps (Gaudin) Dumort.; Poa pratensis subsp. angustiglumis (Roshev.) Tzvelev; Poa pratensis var. angustiglumis (Roshev.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis subsp. dolichophylla (Hack.) Portal; Poa pratensis var. dolichophylla Hack.; Poa pratensis subsp. hilaea Galanin; Poa pratensis subsp. jordanii Portal; Poa pratensis var. macounii B.Boivin; Poa pratensis var. maydellii (Roshev.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis var. paratunkensis (Kom.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis var. pinegensis (Roshev.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis subsp. rigens (Hartm.) Tzvelev; Poa pratensis subsp. sabulosa (Roshev.) Tzvelev; Poa pratensis subsp. sergievskajae (Prob.) Tzvelev; Poa pratensis subsp. skrjabinii Tzvelev; Poa pratensis subsp. sobolevskiana (Gudoschn.) Tzvelev; Poa pratensis subsp. stenachyra (Keng ex Keng f. & G.Q.Song) Soreng & G.H.Zhu; Poa pratensis var. stricta Hook.; Poa pratensis var. transnominata Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis subsp. turfosa (Litv.) Vorosch.; Poa pratensis var. turfosa (Litv.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis var. urjanchaica (Roshev.) Bondarenko ex Korovina; Poa pratensis subsp. zhukoviae Jurtzev & Tzvelev; Poa pseudopratensis Beyer; Poa pubescens Lej.; Poa rigens Hartm.; Poa sergievskajae Prob.; Poa skrjabinii (Tzvelev) Prob. & Tzvelev; Poa sobolevskiana Gudoschn.; Poa stenachyra Keng ex Keng f. & G.Q.Song; Poa stricta D.Don; Poa subcaerulea var. anceps (Gaudin) Soó; Poa subglabriflora Roshev.; Poa todarii Lojac.; Poa turfosa Litv.; Poa urjanchaica Roshev.; Poa zhukovae (Jurtzev & Tzvelev) Prob.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Poa pratensis L.
- Common name : Smooth Meadow-grass, Kentucky bluegrass
- Habit : Herb
- Habitat : In moist sub-alpine and alpine meadows; 500 - 4000 m. altitude
- Key identification features : Basal leaves flat, 1.5-4 mm wid
- Flower, Fruit : May-September
- Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Native : Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, China, Chita, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denm
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Subarctic to Temperate Northern Hemisphere to North Mexico and Aleutian Is., Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is, Antipodean Is., Argentina, Azores, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil South, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Chatham Is., Chile, Costa Rica, Crozet Is., Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Falkland Is., Free State, Haiti, Hawaii, Jamaica, Japan, Kerguelen, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Madeira, Marion-Prince Edward, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest, Morocco, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, Peru, Puerto Rico, Réunion, South Australia, South Georgia, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Taiwan, Tasmania, Tristan da Cunha, Uruguay, Victoria, Western Australia
- Literature :
- Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 272
- Nautiyal D.C. and Gaur R.D., (2017). Poa L. species in Uttarakhand, India and keys for their identification. Taiwania 62(1): 75-92
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Poa pratensis. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.
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