Poa timoleontis Boiss., Fl.

12.Poa timoleontisHeldr. ex Boiss., Fl. Orient. 5: 607. 1884. Fig. 9 ≡ Poa bulbosa subsp. timoleontis (Heldr. ex Boiss.) Hayek, Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30 (3): 260. 1933. = Poa aitosensis Kožuharov & Stoeva, Spornik, 90 Godini Akademik Daki Iordanov. 155, fig. 6. 1984. (holotype: Bulgaria, Vallis Tundzae, supra urbem Aitos, l. d. Hisar, 10 May 1977, Stoeva MS- No. 150, SOM 1378 (Soreng and Tasenkevich 2025, fig. 5). Type protologue. Four syntypes from Greece and Syria. Type specimen. Attica: in pascuis aridis regionis inferioris a mediae montis Hymentti, alt. 500 ' - 2500 ', 2 May 1878 Heldreich 104 (lectotype, designated by Soreng and Tasenkevich 2025, p. 520: G [G 00382993]; isolectotypes: G [G 00382992], G-BOIS [G 00330289], LE [LE 00009716], US [US 00731019, ex herb. Hackel, excl. plant on left in early bulbiferous stage], US [US 04072742, ex hb. Hack.]). Distribution and ecology. Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Lebanon, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan, rare northward to Kazakhstan; in Turkey, 400–2,700 m. Conservation status. None. Comments. The species is divided into two varieties, one normal-flowered, and one bulbiferous-flowered. In Turkey the forms are about equally represented by collections, and in populations visited by us normal flowered and bulbiferous plants co-occur. Poa timoleontis appears to be closely related to the alpine species, P. thessala, but differs in the bulbous habit, prominent and broadly decurrent ligules, and lower elevation distribution. Representative specimens. Iran. (Olfat & Sarkarat 213 * TARI, we do not know if this DNA voucher was bulbiferous or normal-flowered).