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Taxon:
Poa annua
L.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Poa
Family:
Poaceae
(alt. Gramineae)
Subfamily:
Pooideae
Tribe:
Poeae
Subtribe:
Poinae
Nomen number:
28904
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:68. 1753
Typification:
View in Linnean Typification Project
Verified:
05/13/1992
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Poa annua
L. f.
annua
(0 active accession[s])
Poa annua
L. f.
reptans
(Hausskn.) T. Koyama
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Autonym(s)
Poa annua
L. var.
annua
No images
Reference(s)
Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong.
Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/Antilles/WestIndies/results.cfm
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Chwedorzewska, K. J.
2008.
Poa annua
in Antarctic: searching for the source of introduction. Polar Biol. 31:263-268.
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Darbyshire, S. J.
2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 23.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Edgar, E.
1986.
Poa
L. in New Zealand. New Zealand J. Bot. 24:456.
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
Note:
=
Ochlopoa annua
(L.) H. Scholz
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Poa+annua&quantity=1
Gange, A. C. et al.
1999. Can arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi be used to control the undesirable grass Poa annua on golf courses? J. Appl. Ecol. 36:909-919.
Giraldo-Cañas, D.
2011. Catálogo de la familia Poaceae en Colombia. Darwiniana 49:139-247.
Hanelt, P., ed.
2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
URL:
http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:2422827336895397#
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Huff, D. R.
2000. This is not your father's bluegrass. A century of microevolution expedites development of greens-quality
Poa annua
. Diversity 16:29-30.
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
International Seed Testing Association.
1982. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 1. Field crops, grasses and vegetables, ed. 2.
Jahandiez, E. & R. Maire.
1931-1941. Catalogue des plantes du Maroc.
Koyama, T.
1987. Grasses of Japan and its neighboring regions
Lee, Y. N.
1997. Flora of Korea.
Ohwi, J.
1965. Flora of Japan (Engl. ed.).
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Randall, R. P.
2007. The introduced flora of Australia and its weed status.
URL:
http://www.weeds.org.au/docs/intro_flora_australia.pdf
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A.
State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
URL:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5090172
Skvortsov, A. K., ed.
2006. Flora of the Lower Volga region 1:202.
Soreng, R. J. et al.
2003. Catalogue of New World grasses (Poaceae): IV. Subfamily Pooideae. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 48:511.
Tovar, Ó.
1993. Las gramíneas (Poaceae) del Perú. Ruizia 13:127.
Townsend, C. C. & E. Guest.
1966-. Flora of Iraq.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds.
1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Ugarte, E. et al.
2011. Vascular alien flora, Chile. Check List 7:365-380.
URL:
http://www.checklist.org.br/
Vibrans, H., ed.
Malezas de México (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.conabio.gob.mx/malezasdemexico/poaceae/poa-annua/fichas/pagina1.htm
Villaseñor, J. L. & F. J. Espinoza-Garcia.
2004. The alien flowering plants of Mexico. Diversity & Distrib. 10:113-123.
Wagner, W. L. et al.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Zon, A. P. M. van der.
1992. Graminées du Cameroun
2018. Mid-Atlantic invasive plant species (on-line resource)
Plants of southern Africa: an online checklist.
URL:
http://posa.sanbi.org/searchspp.php
Common names
English
annual bluegrass –
Reference(s)
annual meadow grass –
Reference(s)
annual poa –
Reference(s)
winter grass –
Reference(s)
English (Canada)
annual blue grass –
Reference(s)
French
pâturin annuel –
Reference(s)
French (Canada)
pâturin annuel –
Reference(s)
German
einjähriges Rispengras –
Reference(s)
Italian
poa annua –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
suzume-no-katabira –
Reference(s)
Spanish
espiguilla –
Reference(s)
hierba de punta –
Reference(s)
Swedish
vitgröe –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
zao shu he –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Korean
saepoapul –
Reference(s)
Transliterated Russian
mjatlik odnoletnij –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Saratov
1
Native
Europe
Eastern Europe
Russian Federation
Volgograd
2
Cultivated
also cult.
3
Adventive
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
3
Adventive
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
3
Adventive
Southern America
Southern South America
Uruguay
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
Lesotho
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
Namibia
4
Naturalized
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
4
Naturalized
Antarctic
Antarctic Continent
Antarctica
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Mexico
4
Naturalized
Northern America
United States
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
West Indies
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
6
Other
probable origin Europe
Native
Europe
EASTERN EUROPE:
Russian Federation
[Saratov, Volgograd]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Adventive
Southern America
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
Naturalized
Africa
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Lesotho
,
Namibia
,
South Africa
Antarctic
ANTARCTIC CONTINENT:
Antarctica
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Northern America
REGION:
Mexico
,
United States
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
West Indies
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Chile
Other
(probable origin Europe)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
lawn/turf
Huff, D. R.
2000. This is not your father's bluegrass. A century of microevolution expedites development of greens-quality
Poa annua
. Diversity 16:29-30.
Harmful organism host
crop diseases
fide WorldWeeds 593-594. 1997
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Harmful organism host
crop pests
fide WorldWeeds 593-594. 1997
Holm, L. et al.
1997. World weeds: natural histories and distribution John Wiley & Sons, New York, New York.
Weed
potential seed contaminant
CIBA-GEIGY, Basel, Switzerland.
Documenta CIBA-GEIGY (Grass weeds 1. 1980, 2. 1981; Monocot weeds 3. 1982; Dicot weeds 1. 1988)
Note:
four books on weeds worldwide in scope
Name
References