Poa smirnowii Roshev.

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 : 92

7. Poa smirnowii Roshev.

In Izvestiya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada R.S.F.S.R. 28: 381 (1929). — Rozhevitz, Flora of the USSR 2: 424 (1934). — Olonova, Flora of Siberia 2: 174 (1990).

P. smirnovii subsp. smirnovii (Roshev.) . — Tzvelev, Novosti Sys-

tematiki Vysshikh Rasteniy 11: 26 (1974); Grasses of the USSR:

452 (1976).

TYPUS. — “Siberia, Irkut basin, Tunkinskie bald mountain peaks, sandy deposits at source of Tunka, above 2000 m, 11.VIII.1926. V. Smirnov” (LE!) ( Tzvelev 1976: 452). — Meadows at the high mountain belt, rockslides and gritty substrates: Ald, Y-I.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. — Sib., Mong.

REMARK

Common Siberian species, related and morphologically similar to P. arctica R.Br. and in the North-East part of range its populations have intermediate features.