Poa abbreviata R.Br.

Olovona, Marina V. & Nikolin, E. G., 2018, Bluegrasses (Poa L., Poaceae) of Sakha (Yakutia) Republic, an annotated checklist, Adansonia (3) 40 (7), pp. 89-102 : 94

19. Poa abbreviata R.Br.

In Chloris Melvilliana a list of plants collected in Melville Island

(latitude 74- 75 N., longitude 110- 112 W.) in the year 1820; by the officers of the voyage of discovery under the orders of Captain Parry, with characters and descriptions of the new genera and species 29-30: 287 (1824). — Rozhevitz, Flora of the USSR 2: 412 (1934). — Tzvelev, Arctic Flora of the USSR 2: 142 (1964); Grasses of the USSR: 467 (1976). — Perfiljeva , Identification Book of High Plants of Yakutia: 74 (1974). — Olonova, Flora of Siberia 2: 179 (1990) .

ISOTYPUS. — “Melville Island, leg. Parry” (LE!) ( Tzvelev 1976: 467). — Meadow and gravelly tundras, pebbly and sandy banks of streams. Very rare: Arc (ridge Tuora-Sis, mont. Sokuydakh Khaya). GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. — Scand., Sib., Rus. Far East, N Amer.