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Poa fax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Pooideae
Genus:	Poa
Species:	P. fax
Binomial name
Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court
Synonyms
Neuropoa fax (J.H.Willis & Court) Clayton Poa lepida F.Muell.

Poa fax is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. This species has the shortest scientific name of any plant. Poa (πόα) is Greek for "fodder", and fax is Latin for "torch" or "flame", referring to "its dense, spike-like inflorescence which resembles a torch with ascending tongues of flame". While the name Poa fax is accepted as valid by Flora of Australia, and some databases reflect this, such as POWO, WCSP and FloraBase, other sources such as Tropicos, WFO and GrassBase consider it a synonym of Neuropoa fax.

References

1. ^ "Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
2. Willis, J.H.; Court, A.B. (1955). "Changes in the nomenclature of three Victorian monocotyledons". Muelleria. 1 (1): 45. doi:10.5962/p.171606. S2CID 250997448 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
3. Walsh, N.G.; Weiller, C.M.; Thompson, I.R. (2009). "Poa". In Wilson, A. (ed.). Flora of Australia. Vol. 44A. Poaceae 2. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service. pp. 1–410. ISBN 978-0-643-09629-5.
4. "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew".
5. "Florabase—the Western Australian Flora".
6. "Tropicos | Name - Neuropoa fax (Willis & Court) Clayton".
7. "Poa fax J.H.Willis & Court".
8. "RBG Kew: GrassBase - Neuropoa fax Description".
9. Clayton, W. D. (1985). "Miscellaneous notes on Pooid grasses". Kew Bull. 40 (4): 727–729. Bibcode:1985KewBu..40..727C. doi:10.2307/4109854. JSTOR 4109854.

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