Poa anatolica Soreng, L. J. Gillespie & Cabi
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: 1.Poa anatolica(H. Scholz & Parolly) Soreng, L. J. Gillespie & Cabi, Taxon 75 (5): e 70252 p. 28. 2026. ≡ Oreopoa anatolica H. Scholz & Parolly, Willdenowia 34 (1): 146, f. 1. 2004. Type. Turkey, C 2 Antalya, Beydağlari, Kizlar sivrisi, glacially sculptured range between the main summit and the Aktepe, 36 ° 35 ' 76 " N, 30 ° 06 ' 97 " E, 2650–2700 m, limestone, wind-wept cushion community (Drabo-Androsacetalia), 3 Jul 1999, M. Döring, G. Parolly et D. Tolimir P 6358. (holotype: B [B 100366186]; isotype: ISTE (rjs IMG _ 4838 to _ 4841, hb. Parolly {n. v.}, US [US 00902106]). Description. Perennials; hermaphroditic (exceptionally pistillate in one small distal flower); tufted, without horizontal or downward tending cataphyllous shoots, dense, small, delicate, pale greyish-green, to green; tillers intravaginal, cataphylls absent (infrequently extravaginal); prophylls elongated, 2 - keeled, hyaline, longitudinally split (or fused in the smallest shoots), keels finely retrorsely scabrid; bulbs obscure, short, slender. Culms 9–13 (– 15) cm tall, erect, slender (0.5–0.8 mm diam.), striate, smooth, glabrous. Leaves mostly basal; leaf sheaths 0.4–0.8 mm diam., slightly compressed, smooth, glabrous, basal sheaths forming indistinct bulbs, the outer ones slightly inflated / loose, thin papery, whitish to eventually brown and withering to form a weak but distinct tunic, the inner ones slightly thickened, bulb small (ca 2 mm tall); flag - leaf sheaths 5 cm long, margins fused 40 – {50} %, smooth, glabrous, throats and collars, smooth, glabrous; ligules 0.2–0.6 (– 2.5) mm long, [lateral ones to 1 mm, lower culm one to 1.5 mm], scarious-hyaline, abaxially smooth or lightly scabrous, apices dentate; sterile shoot ligules like those of the culm leaves; blades (1 –) 1.5–3 cm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, folded, soft, moderately thin, margins smooth or very sparsely scabrous, narrowly prow-tipped; flag - leaf blades ca 1–1.5 cm long; sterile shoot blades like those of the culm. Panicles 3–8.5 cm long, 2–5 cm wide, erect pyramidal, {eventually} open, sparsely flowered with (8 –) 11–13 (– 21) spikelets; branches 1–2 (– 3) per node; primary branches 2.5–3.1 cm, with 1–2 (– 3–5) spikelets per branch in the distal 1 / 3, spreading, flexuous, or fairly strict, capillary, angled / sulcate, smooth, or lightly to moderately scabrous below the spikelets; pedicels mostly slightly shorter than spikelets. Spikelets (4 –) 5–7 (– 8) mm long, elliptical lanceolate, laterally compressed, strongly violaceous, not bulbiferous; florets 3–5 (– 6); rachilla internodes approximately 1 mm long, visible in side view, smooth, glabrous; glumes unequal, elliptic to oblong, margins hyaline, finely denticulate distally, edges sparsely scaberulous, acute; lower glumes 2–2.5 mm long, 1–3 - veined; upper glumes 2.5–3.5 mm long, 3 - veined; callus glabrous, dorsally pinched; lemmas 2.5–3.5 (– 4.5) mm long, 5 - veined, lanceolate (to narrowly lanceolate), 5 (– 7) - veined, [thin,] violaceous, “ rounded ” weakly, but distinctly, keeled, (slightly gibbous at base), glabrous, keel sparsely scaberulous distally, between keels smooth or sparsely muriculate, intermediate veins obscure, to faint but distinct, margins hyaline to yellowish (to slightly bronzy) - white, indistinct, distally scaberulous, denticulate, apices acute, sometimes briefly and slightly incurved, to apiculate; paleas keels scabrous in distal 1 / 2, intercostal region narrow, smooth or sparsely muriculate. Flowers bisexual (uppermost in one spikelet pistillate, sacs underdeveloped but exerted); lodicules 1.5 mm long, bilobed; anthers 1.5 (– 1.9) mm long; ovary glabrous. Caryopses (partially developed) 1.9 mm long, fusiform, pale, sulcate; hilum 0.4 mm long broadly elliptical. Clade code: Hph. Distribution and ecology. Turkey. Alpine, on protected limestone and marble slopes and meadows; 2,650 –2,700 m. Conservation status. Endemic to Antalya and Muğla. Rare. No studies have been conducted to estimate population size, area occupied, or potential habitat area. Comments. The Strid et al. 23523 specimen, distributed as Poa pseudobulbosa, has all the characteristics of P. anatolica: long, sparsely flowered branches with 2–3 spikelets, 3 - flowered spikelets with elongated rachilla internodes, but culm ligules up to 2.5 mm long. It also has slender bulbs. Representative specimens. Turkey. Antalya (Type; Soreng et al. 8213 *). Muğla (Ak Dağ, W side, 36 ° 32 ' N, 29 ° 32 ' E, rocky slopes and meadows, limestone, 2,600 –2,800 m, 11 Jul 1984, Strid, Hartvig et Seçmen 23523 [= “ Hartvig et al. 23523 ”] G [G 00308704]).
Language: English
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
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