Poa persica Trin., Mem . Acad. Imp. Sci. St.- Petersbourg , Ser . 6, Sci. Math. 1(4): 373. 1830.

Gillespie, Lynn J., Soreng, Robert John, Cabi, Evren & Amiri, Neda, 2018, Phylogeny and taxonomic synopsis of Poa subgenus Pseudopoa (including Eremopoa and Lindbergella) (Poaceae, Poeae, Poinae), PhytoKeys 111, pp. 69-102 : 83

Poa persica Trin., Mem. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.- Petersbourg, Ser. 6, Sci. Math. 1(4): 373. 1830.

Festuca persica (Trin.) K. Koch, Linnaea 21(1[4]): 410. 1848. Nephelochloa persica (Trin.) Griseb., Fl. Ross. 4(13): 366. 1852. Poa pamphylica Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 1, 13: 58. 1854[1853?], nom. inval. as syn. of Poa persica . Eremopoa persica (Trin.) Roshev., Fl. URSS 2: 430, pl. 32, f. 8. 1934.

Type.

Iran: in collibus ad Akar-Tschai prob. Karabagh, 1400-1900 m, 27 May 1829, Szowits 246 (lectotype, designated by Tzvelev 1976, pg. 479: LE! [photo E000327964!, TRIN-microform 434-B4!]; isolectotypes: LE [TRIN-2666.02!, TRIN-microform 434A8!, 434-B1!, 434-B2!, 434-B3!]).

Notes.

Other original material includes: Iran, Prov. Aderbeidschan. distr. Khoi, ad Seidchadzi, 18 May 1828, Szovits 258 (LE!, LE0009678 [image!], LE0009679, LE0009680 [image!], LE0009681 [image!], W0028250 [image!]; In apricis prov. Aderbeidschan e Karabahg, Fischer [herb. Fischer] (K000789867 [image!]). Poa persica has two major variations: subsp. persica with pubescent lemmas and relatively narrower panicle length to plant height ratio; and subsp. multiflora with glabrous lemmas and relatively greater panicle length to plant height ratio, and often more flowers per spikelet.