Linnaeus, C. (1 May 1753), Species Plantarum 1: 69 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Habitat in Europa ad radices montium umbrosas."

Ewart, A.J. (1908), Contributions to the Flora of Australia No. VIII. The Victorian Naturalist 24(12): 192 [secondary reference]

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): 242 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2008), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

• APC Comment: A widespread taxon recorded as a "naturalized alien ... widely spread in Victoria" by A.J.Ewart Vict. Naturalist 24: 192 (1908), but does not appear to have persisted as a naturalised plant in Australia. Also recorded as cultivated by J.W.Vickery, Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4: 242 (1970).

Walsh, N.G., Weiller, C.M. & Thompson, I.R. in Wilson, A.J.G. (ed.) (2009), Poa. Flora of Australia 44A: 338 [secondary reference]

• Type: "Grown experimentally at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, but does not appear to have become naturalised." (fide J.W.Vickery, Contr. New South Wales Natl. Herb. 4: 242, 1970). Although claimed by A.J.Ewart (Vict. Naturalist 24: 192, 1908) to be "widely spread in Victoria", MEL has only cultivated specimens from Goulburn (1902) and Noojee (1927) and there are no other reports indicating that the species is naturalised in Australia."

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