Poa (Poa) Soreng

II.Poa subgen. Poa sect. Oreopoa(H. Scholz & Parolly) Soreng et al., stat et sect. nov. ≡ Oreopoa H. Scholz & Parolly, Willdenowia 34 (1): 146. 2004 (in Parolly and Scholz 2004). Type. Oreopoa anatolica H. Scholz & Parolly. Description. Perennials; hermaphroditic; tufts short, slender, small; tillers intravaginal (extravaginal shoots rare); bulbs obscure to distinct, tiny to slender elongated, with overlapping slightly inflated papery sheaths encasing the bulb. Culms 9–43 cm tall. Leaves of basal shoots obscure bulb; flag - leaf sheath margins fused 28–65 % their length. Panicles open; branches smooth or lightly scabrous. Spikelet rachilla internodes elongated, smooth, glabrous; florets several; callus glabrous; lemmas smooth or distally scabrous along the keel, glabrous, thin, intermediate veins faint; palea keels distally scabrous, between keels smooth, glabrous. Flowers bisexual; anthers 1.5–1.9 mm long. 2 n = unknown. Clade code: Hph and Hn. Distribution and ecology. Turkey. Antalya, Muğla, Isparta. Alpine, on protected limestone slopes and meadows, at and above 2,200 m elevation. Species included. Poa anatolica, P. girdevensis P. pseudobulbosa. Comments. The three species included in the section exhibit two placements, Hph and Hn. All are united in the H - clade but are separated in IE trees with P. girdevensis (n) resolving with P. ursina (Nn) in nrDNA trees, while the other two remain near the base of the H- clade in a splits tree (Gillespie et al. 2026). Poa girdevensis and P. pseudobulbosa plastids sequences are identical and form a fully supported clade sister to P. anatolica.