Poa skvortzovii Prob.

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 : 95

25. Poa skvortzovii Prob.

In Novosti Systematiki Vysshikh Rasteniy 10: 72 (1972). — Tzvelev, Grasses of the USSR: 471 (1976). — Olonova, Flora of Siberia 2: 185 (1990).

TYPUS. — “ Manshuria , mt. Takuokui, in silvis montanis, 3 VII 1948, B. Skvortzov” (T) ( Tzvelev 1976: 471). — Steppes, rocky and gravel slopes. Ald.

GENERAL DISTRIBUTION. — Sib., Mong., Jap.-Chin.

REMARK

The East Asian species. Its main area lies in Transbaikalia, Mongolia and Northeast China. It occurs in the North of the Chita region, and was registred in adjacent areas in Yakutia (Yakutia, Olekma, the river Serelyakh, the surrounding estuary, the bank of the river. 23.VIII.89. P. Golyakov). The samples from the Upper Kolyma District (Verkhne- Kolymsky District, Ugolny Settlement, on the pebble of the Zyryanka River bank, No. 188. 1.VIII.86. Gogoleva PA, Cherosov MM) according to formal characters – the position of the uppermost node, pubescent rachilla and ligule length may be attributed to to P. skvortzovii , however, in order to ensure that this population belongs to P. skvortzovii , more detailed studies, including molecular genetic studies, should be carried out.