Poaceae Barnhart
Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court , legitimate, scientific
Willis, J.H. & Court, A.B. (1956), Changes in the nomenclature of three Victorian Monocotyledons. Muelleria 1(1): 45 BHL [nom. nov.]
replaced synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg.
  • Etymology: "The short epithet fax is here bestowed in the necessary new name for this little annual grass of southern Australia (chiefly from coastal and/or Mallee areas) in allusion to its dense, spikelike inflorescence which resembles a torch with ascending tongues of flame."
Eichler, Hj. (1965), Supplement to J.M.Black's Flora of South Australia (Second Edition, 1943-1957): 66 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Willis, J.H. (1970), A Handbook to Plants in Victoria Edn. 2, 1: 99 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg. vernacular name: Scaly Meadow-grass [n/a] vernacular name: Scaly Poa [n/a]
Vickery, J.W. (7 December 1970), A taxonomic study of the genus Poa L. in Australia. Contributions from the New South Wales National Herbarium 4(4): 170-171 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Cunningham, G.M., Mulham, W.E., Milthorpe, P.L. & Leigh, J.H. (1981), Plants of Western New South Wales: 134 [secondary reference]
common name: Scaly Poa [n/a] common name: Scaly Meadow-grass [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 51 [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg.
Clayton, W.D. (1985), Miscellaneous notes on Pooid grasses. Kew Bulletin 40(4): 728 [basionym]
basionym of: Neuropoa fax (J.H.Willis & Court) Clayton legitimate
Green, J.W. (1985), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2: 36 [secondary reference]
Green, J.W. (18 October 1987), Census of the Vascular Plants of Western Australia Edn. 2, Suppl. 5: 2 [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Neuropoa fax (J.H.Willis & Court) Clayton legitimate
Jacobs, S.W.L. & Hastings, S.M. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1993), Poa. Flora of New South Wales 4: 623 [secondary reference]
Walsh, N.G. in Walsh, N.G. & Entwisle, T.J. (ed.) (1994), Poaceae. Flora of Victoria Edn. 1, 2: 419, Fig. 83a-b [secondary reference]
misapplication: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg. by Mueller, F.J.H. von (1873), Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 8(64): 130 common name: Scaly Poa [n/a]
Jacobs, S.W.L., Whalley, R.D.B. & Wheeler, D.J.B. (2008), Grasses of New South Wales Edn. 4: 350 (fig.) [secondary reference]
common name: Scaly Poa [n/a]
Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Poa. Flora of Australia 44A: 307-308, Fig. 41A-B APC [secondary reference]
nomenclatural synonym: Poa lepida F.Muell. nom. illeg. nomenclatural synonym: Neuropoa fax (J.H.Willis & Court) Clayton legitimate common name: Scaly Poa [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, SA, NSW, Vic