Poa supina Schrad.

 
  • Family : POACEAE
    (Grass Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : GHAS FAMILY (घास फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Poaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Ochlopoa rivulorum (Maire & Trab.) H.Scholz & Valdés; Ochlopoa supina (Schrad.) H.Scholz & Valdés; Poa bifida S.E.Fröhner; Poa duriuscula Willd. ex Spreng.; Poa exigua Foucaud & E.Mandon ex Husn.; Poa foucaudii Hack.; Poa rivulorum Maire & Trab.; Poa supina var. allobrogensis Portal & Farille; Poa supina f. alpigena (Schur) Soó; Poa supina f. exigua Gamisans; Poa supina var. exigua (Gamisans) Portal; Poa supina f. pygmaea (Schur) Soó; Poa supina subsp. ustulata (S.E.Fröhner) Á.Löve & D.Löve; Poa ustulata S.E.Fröhner
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Poa supina Schrad.
  • Habit : Herb
  • Habitat : Alpine and subalpine meadows on slopes, moist places; 1000 - 3500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Common, in sub-alpine and alpine grazing meadow
  • Key identification features : Spikelets crowded towards the ends of the panicle-branches; anthers usually 1.3-2 mm long, 5-8 times as long as wide
  • Flower, Fruit : May-September
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Austria, Belarus, Buryatiya, China, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, India, Irkutsk, Italy, Krasnoyarsk, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, North Caucasus, North European Russ
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Morocco, Europe to Mongolia, Himalaya and Baltic States, Central European Rus, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Magadan, Northwest European R
  • 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 supina. Downloaded on 9 November 2024.

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