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Herbarium specimen: Poa compressa

Taxon:Poaceae: Poa compressa L. ("Flattened Meadow-grass")
Filed in taxon folder:Poaceae: Poa compressa L. ("Flattened Meadow-grass")
Collected by:Dr Eyre Champion de Crespigny
Collection date:1888
Locality:Great Britain, VC16 West Kent, Beckenham, TQ36, Woods on a gravelly soil
ex herb:Rev. Augustin Ley
Botanical Exchange Club of The British Isles
Institution:University of Birmingham (BIRM)
Image:Poa compressa herbarium specimen from Beckenham, VC16 West Kent in 1888 by Dr Eyre Champion de Crespigny.
fruits/flowers:seeds/fruits
notes:Poa compressa L. var. pauciflora [if not subcompressa]
Cat. Lond. Ed VIII 1708 var.

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Documented by hallucigenia on 29th March 2010.

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