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Classification for Kingdom Plantae Down to Genus Poa L.

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Kingdom  Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom  Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision  Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division  Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class  Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass  Commelinidae
Order  Cyperales
Family  Poaceae – Grass family
Genus  Poa L. – bluegrass P
 
Contains 96 Species and 104 accepted taxa overall
 
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Species  Poa abbreviata R. Br. – short bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa abbreviata R. Br. ssp. abbreviata – short bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa abbreviata R. Br. ssp. marshii Soreng – Marsh's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa abbreviata R. Br. ssp. pattersonii (Vasey) A. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor – Patterson's bluegrass P
Species  Poa alpina L. – alpine bluegrass P
Species  Poa alsodes A. Gray – grove bluegrass P
Species  Poa ammophila A.E. Porsild P
Species  Poa annua L. – annual bluegrass P
Species  Poa arachnifera Torr. – Texas bluegrass P
Species  Poa arctica R. Br. – arctic bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa arctica R. Br. ssp. aperta (Scribn. & Merr.) Soreng – arctic bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa arctica R. Br. ssp. arctica – arctic bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa arctica R. Br. ssp. caespitans Simmons ex Nannf. P
Subspecies  Poa arctica R. Br. ssp. grayana (Vasey) A. Löve & D. Löve & Kapoor – arctic bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa arctica R. Br. ssp. lanata (Scribn. & Merr.) Soreng – arctic bluegrass P
Species  Poa arida Vasey – plains bluegrass P
Species  Poa arnowiae Soreng – Wasatch bluegrass P
Species  Poa atropurpurea Scribn. – San Bernardino bluegrass P
Species  Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliot – autumn bluegrass P
Species  Poa badensis Haenke ex Willd. – Baden's bluegrass P
Species  Poa bigelovii Vasey & Scribn. – Bigelow's bluegrass P
Species  Poa bolanderi Vasey – Bolander's bluegrass P
Species  Poa bulbosa L. – bulbous bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa bulbosa L. ssp. nevskii (Roshev. ex Ovcz.) Tzvelev P
Species  Poa cenisia All. P
Subspecies  Poa cenisia All. ssp. sardoa Em. Schmid P
Species  Poa chaixii Vill. – broadleaf bluegrass P
Species  Poa chambersii Soreng – Chambers' bluegrass P
Species  Poa chapmaniana Scribn. – Chapman's bluegrass P
Species  Poa cita Edgar – silver tussock P
Species  Poa compressa L. – Canada bluegrass P
Species  Poa confinis Vasey – coastline bluegrass P
Species  Poa curtifolia Scribn. – little mountain bluegrass P
Species  Poa cusickii Vasey – Cusick's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa cusickii Vasey ssp. cusickii – Cusick's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa cusickii Vasey ssp. epilis (Scribn.) W.A. Weber – Cusick's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa cusickii Vasey ssp. pallida Soreng – Cusick's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa cusickii Vasey ssp. purpurascens (Vasey) Soreng – Cusick's bluegrass P
Species  Poa cuspidata Nutt. – early bluegrass P
Species  Poa diversifolia (Boiss. & Balansa) Boiss. P
Species  Poa douglasii Nees – Douglas' bluegrass P
Species  Poa eminens J. Presl – largeflower speargrass P
Species  Poa erinacea Speg. P
Species  Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey – muttongrass P
Subspecies  Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey ssp. albescens (Hitchc.) Soreng – muttongrass P
Subspecies  Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey ssp. fendleriana – muttongrass P
Subspecies  Poa fendleriana (Steud.) Vasey ssp. longiligula (Scribn. & T.A. Williams) Soreng – muttongrass P
Species  Poa flabellata (Lam.) Hook. f. [excluded] – tussock grass P
Species  Poa ×gaspensis Fernald (pro sp.) – Gaspé Peninsula bluegrass P
Species  Poa glauca Vahl – glaucous bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa glauca Vahl ssp. glauca – glaucous bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa glauca Vahl ssp. litvinoviana (Ovcz.) Tzvelev P
Subspecies  Poa glauca Vahl ssp. rupicola (Nash ex Rydb.) W.A. Weber – timberline bluegrass P
Species  Poa hartzii Gandog. – Hartz's bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa hartzii Gandog. ssp. alaskana Soreng – Alaskan bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa hartzii Gandog. ssp. hartzii – Hartz's bluegrass P
Variety  Poa hartzii Gandog. ssp. hartzii var. hartzii – Hartz's bluegrass P
Variety  Poa hartzii Gandog. ssp. hartzii var. vivipara Polunin – Hartz's bluegrass P
Species  Poa howellii Vasey & Scribn. – Howell's bluegrass P
Species  Poa iberica Fisch. & C.A. Mey. P
Species  Poa infirma Kunth – weak bluegrass P
Species  Poa iridifolia Hauman P
Species  Poa keckii Soreng – Keck's bluegrass P
Species  Poa kelloggii Vasey – Kellogg's bluegrass P
Species  Poa lanigera Nees P
Species  Poa lanuginosa Poir. P
Species  Poa laxa Haenke – Mt. Washington bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa laxa Haenke ssp. banffiana Soreng – Banff bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa laxa Haenke ssp. fernaldiana (Nannf.) Hyl. – Fernald's bluegrass P
Species  Poa laxiflora Buckley – looseflower bluegrass P
Species  Poa leibergii Scribn. – Leiberg's bluegrass P
Species  Poa leptocoma Trin. – marsh bluegrass P
Species  Poa lettermanii Vasey – Letterman's bluegrass P
Species  Poa ligularis Nees ex Steud. P
Species  Poa ×limosa Scribn. & T.A. Williams (pro sp.) – Lassen County bluegrass P
Species  Poa litorosa Cheeseman P
Species  Poa longifolia Trin. P
Species  Poa macrantha Vasey – seashore bluegrass P
Species  Poa macrocalyx Trautv. & C.A. Mey. – largeglume bluegrass P
Species  Poa maniototo Petrie – desert poa P
Species  Poa mannii Munro ex Hillebr. – Olokele Gulch bluegrass P
Species  Poa marcida Hitchc. – withered bluegrass P
Species  Poa napensis Beetle – Napa bluegrass P
Species  Poa ×nematophylla Rydb. (pro sp.) P
Species  Poa nemoralis L. – wood bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa nemoralis L. ssp. interior (Rydb.) W.A. Weber – inland bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa nemoralis L. ssp. nemoralis – wood bluegrass P
Species  Poa nervosa (Hook.) Vasey – Wheeler bluegrass P
Species  Poa occidentalis Vasey – New Mexico bluegrass P
Species  Poa paludigena Fernald & Wiegand – bog bluegrass P
Species  Poa palustris L. – fowl bluegrass P
Species  Poa pannonica A. Kern. P
Subspecies  Poa pannonica A. Kern. ssp. scabra (Asch. & Graebn.) Soo P
Species  Poa paucispicula Scribn. & Merr. – Alaska bluegrass P
Species  Poa pilcomayensis Hack. P
Species  Poa piperi Hitchc. – Piper's bluegrass P
Species  Poa porsildii Gjaerev. – Porsild's bluegrass P
Species  Poa pratensis L. – Kentucky bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa pratensis L. ssp. alpigena (Fr. ex Blytt) Hiitonen – Kentucky bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa pratensis L. ssp. colpodea (Th. Fr.) Tzvelev – Kentucky bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa pratensis L. ssp. irrigata (Lindm.) H. Lindb. – spreading bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa pratensis L. ssp. pratensis – Kentucky bluegrass P
Species  Poa pringlei Scribn. – Pringle's bluegrass P
Species  Poa pseudoabbreviata Rosh. – shortcoal bluegrass P
Species  Poa reflexa Vasey & Scribn. ex Vasey – nodding bluegrass P
Species  Poa remota Forselles [excluded] P
Species  Poa rhizomata Hitchc. – rhizome bluegrass P
Species  Poa saltuensis Fernald & Wiegand – oldpasture bluegrass P
Species  Poa sandvicensis (Reichart) Hitchc. – Hawai'i bluegrass P
Species  Poa secunda J. Presl – Sandberg bluegrass P
Species  Poa sieberiana Spreng. – snow grass P
Species  Poa sierrae J.T. Howell – Sierra bluegrass P
Species  Poa sinaica Steud. P
Species  Poa siphonoglossa Hack. – Kauai bluegrass P
Species  Poa stebbinsii Soreng – Stebbin's bluegrass P
Species  Poa stenantha Trin. – northern bluegrass P
Species  Poa sterilis M. Bieb. P
Species  Poa stiriaca Fritsch & Hayek P
Species  Poa strictiramea Hitchc. – Big Bend bluegrass P
Species  Poa suksdorfii (Beal) Vasey ex Piper – western bluegrass P
Species  Poa supina Schrad. – supine bluegrass P
Species  Poa sylvestris A. Gray – woodland bluegrass P
Species  Poa tenerrima Scribn. – delicate bluegrass P
Species  Poa tracyi Vasey – Tracy's bluegrass P
Species  Poa trivialis L. – rough bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa trivialis L. ssp. sylvicola (Guss.) H. Lindb. P
Species  Poa unilateralis Scribn. – San Francisco bluegrass P
Subspecies  Poa unilateralis Scribn. ssp. pachypholis (Piper) D.D. Keck ex Soreng P
Subspecies  Poa unilateralis Scribn. ssp. unilateralis – San Francisco bluegrass P
Species  Poa versicolor Besser P
Subspecies  Poa versicolor Besser ssp. araratica (Trautv.) Tzvelev P
Subspecies  Poa versicolor Besser ssp. ochotensis (Trin.) Tzvelev P
Species  Poa wheeleri Vasey – Wheeler's bluegrass P
Species  Poa wolfii Scribn. – Wolf's bluegrass P

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