Poa drummondiana
{{Short description|Species of grass}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}
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| image = Poa drummondiana - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg
| taxon = Poa drummondiana
| authority = Nees{{APNI2|id=74568|name=Poa drummondiana|access-date=2020-11-09}}
| synonyms = Poa brizochloa F.Muell.
Poa cognata Steud.
Poa nodosa Nees
}}
Poa drummondiana is a perennial herb in the Poaceae family.{{FloraBase|id=573|name=Poa drummondiana|access-date=2020-11-09}}
Distribution
Poa drummondiana (common name - Knotted poa) is found in Western Australia, South Australia and Victoria.{{Cite web|title=Poa drummondiana Nees {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:416940-1|access-date=2020-11-09|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria|title=Poa drummondiana occurrence data|url=https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Poa+drummondiana#tab_mapView|access-date=2020-11-09|website=avh.ala.org.au|language=en-AU}}{{cite book|author=C.M.Weiller, N.G.Walsh, I.R.Thompson |date=2020|chapter= Poa drummondiana|title= Flora of Australia|publisher= Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment|location= Canberra |chapter-url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Poa%20drummondiana|access-date=2020-11-09}}
Taxonomy
It was first described in 1843 by Nees von Esenbeck, from a specimen collected by James Drummond{{Cite web|title=CHAH - Australian Plant Collectors & Illustrators (D)|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/bot-biog/bot-biog-D.html|access-date=2020-11-09|website=www.anbg.gov.au}} on the Swan River.{{cite journal|author=Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D.|editor= Hooker, W.J. |date=1843|title= Gramina Novae Hollandiae|journal= London Journal of Botany|volume= 2|pages= 418|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/783700}}
References
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External links
- [https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Poa+drummondiana#tab_mapView Poa drummondiana occurrence data] from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
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Category:Flora of Western Australia
Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
Category:Eudicots of Western Australia
Category:Plants described in 1843
Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)
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