Poa alpina var. polystachya Griseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. Bithnic.

1.Poa alpina var. polystachyaGriseb., Spic. Fl. Rumel. Bithnic. 2: 439. 1844 [1846]. Type protologue. In regione montana Macedoniae: sparsim in pratis m. Peristeri alt. 3000 ft (substr. granit.); fl. Jun E. (lectotype, here designated: Grisebach 783, GOET [GOET 006896, image!]). Description. “ foliis angustioribus, paniculae ramis semiverticillatis 3–5, spiculis viviparis. – Convenit cum a ligulis imis truncatis, superioribus prolensis ” (Grisebach 1846). A tall and slender bulbous based and bulbiferous specimen. Distribution and ecology. Greece. Conservation status. An obscure name of uncertain application. Comments. Peristeri, at 2,295 m elevation, is the highest peak in the Pindus Mountain range. The image of the Type shows it is a narrow tufted, bulbous based, bulbiferous plant of middle stature with slender culms belonging to the Poa bulbosa complex. Poa alpina polystachya, although annotated as P. timoleontis by A. Strid in 1999, is too tall, the ligules are not very prominent, and it is more likely to be P. bulbosa var. vivipara.