- Family:
- Poaceae Barnhart
- Genus:
- Poa L.
Poa sinaica Steud.

[GB]
- Morphology General Habit
- Perennial; caespitose. Butt sheaths thickened and forming a bulb. Culms erect, or geniculately ascending; 10-65 cm long. Culm-internodes terete; smooth. Lateral branches lacking. Leaves mostly basal. Ligule an eciliate membrane; 2-4 mm long; acute. Leaf-blades conduplicate; 3-12 cm long; 1.5-2.5 mm wide. Leaf-blade surface scaberulous; rough adaxially. Leaf-blade margins scabrous. Leaf-blade apex abruptly acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a panicle. Panicle open; elliptic, or oblong; dense; (3-)6-13 cm long. Primary panicle branches 2-4 -nate. Panicle branches scaberulous. Spikelets solitary. Fertile spikelets pedicelled.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Spikelets
- Spikelets comprising 4-7 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 6-8 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes smooth. Floret callus glabrous.
- Fertile
- Spikelets comprising 4-7 fertile florets; with diminished florets at the apex. Spikelets elliptic, or oblong; laterally compressed; 6-8 mm long; breaking up at maturity; disarticulating below each fertile floret. Rhachilla internodes smooth. Floret callus glabrous.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences Bracts Glume
- Glumes persistent; similar; shorter than spikelet. Lower glume elliptic; 3-4 mm long; 0.8-0.9 length of upper glume; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Lower glume apex acute. Upper glume elliptic; 3.5-4.5 mm long; 0.9-1 length of adjacent fertile lemma; membranous; 1-keeled; 3 -veined. Upper glume apex acute.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Florets
- Fertile lemma ovate; oblong in profile; 3.5-5 mm long; membranous; keeled; 5 -veined. Lemma midvein ciliate. Lemma margins ciliate. Lemma apex obtuse. Palea 0.9 length of lemma. Palea keels scabrous. Apical sterile florets resembling fertile though underdeveloped.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Lodicules 2; membranous. Anthers 3; 1.5-2.5 mm long.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Caryopsis with adherent pericarp. Hilum punctiform.
- Distribution
- Africa: north. Asia-temperate: Soviet Middle Asia, Caucasus, western Asia, and Arabia. Asia-tropical: India.
- Reference
- Poeae. Fl Pak.
Native to:
Afghanistan, Egypt, Greece, Gulf States, India, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Sinai, Transcaucasus, Turkey, West Himalaya
Poa sinaica Steud. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 2016 | Eig [s.n.], Palestine | K000939202 | isotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Schimper, W. [326], Sinai | K000789588 | isotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 2010 | Schimper, W. [326], Sinai | K000789587 | isotype | Yes | |
Jan 1, 1965 | Townsend, C.C. [206], Jordan | K000315643 | Yes | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Townsend, C.C. [88], Jordan | K000315645 | No | ||
Jan 1, 1965 | Townsend, C.C. [239], Jordan | K000315644 | No | ||
Abdeen, S. [8010], Jordan | K000315611 | No | |||
Davies, P.H. [8956], Jordan | K000315612 | No | |||
Davies, P.H. [9133], Jordan | K000315606 | No | |||
Feinbrun [s.n.], Palestine | K000641312 | isotype | Yes | ||
Townsend, C.C. [135], Jordan | K000315610 | No | |||
Gillett, J.B. [15724], Jordan | K000315609 | Yes | |||
Davies, P.H. [8878], Jordan | K000315646 | No | |||
Davies, P.H. [9127], Jordan | K000315607 | Yes | |||
Davies, P.H. [9179], Jordan | K000315605 | No | |||
Davies, P.H. [8687], Jordan | K000315608 | No | |||
Buhse, F. [s.n.] | Poa reuteriana | K000641313 | Yes |
First published in Syn. Pl. Glumac. 1: 256 (1854)
Accepted by
- Al-Rawi, A. (1987). Flora of Kuwait 2: 1-455. Alden Press Ltd., U.K.
- Bor, N.L. (1968). Flora of Iraq 9: 1-588. Ministry of Agriculture & Agrarian Reform, Baghdad.
- Bor, N.L. (1970). Flora Iranica 70: 1-573. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.
- Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T. & Williamson, H. (2006). World Grass Species - Synonymy database The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- Cope, T.A. (1982). Flora of Pakistan 143: 1-678. Department of Botany, University of Karachi, Karachi.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Danin, A. (2004). Distribution Atlas of Plants in the Flora Palaestina area: 1-517. The Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Jerusalem.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
- Karthikeyan, S., Jain, S.K., Nayar, M.P. & Sanjappa, M. (1989). Florae Indicae Enumeratio: Monocotyledonae: 1-435. Botanical Survey of India, Calcutta.
- Kavousi, M., Assadi, M. & Nejadsattari, T. (2015). Taxonomic revision of the genus Poa L. in Iran, new additions to Flora Iranica, and a new identification key. Turkish Journal of Botany 39: 105-127.
- Patzelt, A. & al. (2020). Studies in the flora of Arabia: XXXIV. Sixty new records from the Sultanate of Oman. Edinburgh Journal of Botany 77: 413-437.
- Takhtajan, A.L. (ed.) (2006). Konspekt Flora Kavkaza 2: 1-466. Editio Universitatis Petropolitanae.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Boulos, L. (2005). Flora of Egypt 4: 1-617. Al Hadara Publishing, Cairo.
- Cope, T.A., Knees, S.G. & Miller, A.G. (2007). Flora of the Arabian peninsula and Socotra 5(1): 1-387. Edinburgh University Press.
- Dimopoulos, P., Raus, T., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, T., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A., & Tzanoudakis, D. (2013). Vascular plants of Greece. An annotated checklist: 1-372. Botanic gardens and botanical museum Berlin-Dahlem, Berlin and Hellenic botanical society, Athens.
- Dobignard, D. & Chatelain, C. (2010). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 1: 1-455. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Ghazanfar, S.A. (1992). An Annotated Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Oman and their Vernacular names. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2: 1-153.
- Jongbloed, M., Western, R.A. & Boer, B. (2000). Annotated Check-list for plants in the U.A.E.: 1-90. Zodiac Publishing, Dubai.
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