Poa tenella L.

, Sp. Pl. 1: 69 (1753). BHL
IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:322523-2
Publication
Species Plantarum
Collation
1: 69
Date of Publication
1 Mai 1753
Family as entered in IPNI
Poaceae

Type Information

Locality
Habitat in India.
Type Herbaria
lectotype LINN (Herb. Linn. No. 87.33)
Chosen By
R.L.Mitra & S.K.Jain Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabaricus [K.S.Manilal] 151. 1880
Distribution Of Types
India (Indian Subcontinent, Asia-Tropical)

Remarks

Clayton (in Polhill, Fl. Trop. E. Africa, Gramineae 2: 206. 1974) mentioned that the type is housed in LINN, but LINN has 2 sheets ( 87.33 and 87.34), which are not part of a single gathering; therefore, he did not lectotypify the name.

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Basionym of
Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 576 (1817).
Basionym of
Eragrostis amabilis var. tenella (L.) A.Camus, Fl. Indo-Chine [P.H. Lecomte et al.] 7: 557 (1922).
Basionym of
Eragrostis tenella (L.) P.Beauv. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 2: 576 (1817).
Has later homonym
Poa tenella R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 181 (1810), nom. illeg.
Same citation as
Poa tenella L., Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] (1753).
Same citation as
Poa tenella L., Sp. Pl. 1: 69 (1753).