Group: Monocot Rank: species Kind: Name of a new Taxon Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, A, 19

Authors:

Nuttall, Thomas

Published In: The Genera of North American Plants 1: 66. 1818. (14 Jul 1818) (Gen. N. Amer. Pl.)
Nomenclature Reason: nom. illeg. hom.

Type-Protologue

Locality: Around Philadelphia in rocky situations, on the banks of the Schuylkill.

Distribution: USA (Pennsylvania)

Note: Description is word for word same as description of ~P. cuspidata~ Nutt in Barton, Compend Fl. Phila 1: 61 1818 July 9 [IGS] ~P. pugens~ on Apr 3 but nom. illeg. Poa pungens is a suggested alternative name by Nuttall for his accepted Poa autumnalis Muhl. ex Elliott. On page 66 he notes that "Pungens would perhaps have been a better name for this early flowering vernal grass.

Earlier:

!Poa pungens Georgi 

New Name:

!Poa cuspidata Nutt. 

Nomenclaturally Correct Name:

!Poa cuspidata Nutt. 

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist Philippine Bryophytes System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Poales Small
• family:  !!Poaceae Barnhart
• genus:  Poa L.

Projects: New World Grasses , VPA

Keywords: AGF, FNA, IGS, FM