Poa vvedenskyi Drobow, Fl.

14.Poa vvedenskyiDrobow, Fl. Uzbekistan 1: 538. 1941. Type. Uzbekistan • Chulbair Mts., Khoja-Barnu Peak, rocks, 29 Jun 1929, A. Vvedensky 402. [holotype: TAK TASH 000080 / A: 82979 (TAK incorporated in TASH); isotype: LE (rjs IMG _ 2014. jpg)]. Diagnosis. Like Poa bulbosa but small delicate bulbous based plants with panicles open with smooth branches; lower glumes 1 - veined; lemmas short pubescent along the keel and marginal veins; callus glabrous. Clade code: unknown. Distribution and ecology. Uzbekistan, Tajikistan. Alpine. Conservation status. Rare, needs further study. Comments. The Type is a slender, low growing plant with bulbous culm bases, panicle open, branches ascending (20 to 60 °), somewhat flexuous, smooth, sparsely flowered (20 spikelets, 3 on longest branch), glumes narrow, shorter than florets, normal flowered, 2–3 florets, lemmas slightly pubescent on lower keel and marginal veins, lanceolate and gradually tapered (similar to P. diaphora in shape), rachilla joints longer than other bulbosae species. Tzvelev (1973, p. 97) also noted the similarity to Eremopoa Roshev. [= Poa subg. Pseudopoa (K. Koch) Stapf sect. Pseudopoa (K. Koch) Hack.; see Gillespie et al. 2018]. However, aside from the pubescent lemma veins, the Type appears similar to P. scitula. Plants with bulbs – Poa bulbosa complex s. l.