Poa refracta Muhl. ex Elliott
name: label: Biogeographical Region
content: 78 - Southeastern U.S.A.
label: Collector
content: Stephen Elliott
notes: label: Notes
content: Fragmentary material of type (?) specimen ex herb. Muhlenberg. Originally annotated as "type" of Poa refracta Muhl., recorded as type material of Poa refracta Muhl. ex Elliott. As annotated by R. Soreng (2019), this is not type material. From Weakley et al. 2018: The basionym P. refracta Muhl. was validly published by reference (Turland et al. 2018: Art. 38) to “Poa amabilis Walt.,” although nearly all other new names introduced in Muhlenberg (1813) are invalid. Elliott's (1816) later description of P. refracta is not the first valid publication of the name as is sometimes thought (Harvey 1948; Peterson et al. 2001: 107). Although Lamson-Scribner (1894: 49) incorrectly cited the basionym as being from Muhlenberg (1817: 146), the combination E. refracta can be considered validly published by Scribner (Turland et al. 2018: Art. 41.3). Since the validating description for E. refracta is the description of the misapplied Poa amabilis sensu Walter, typification of E. refracta should be based on any original material used by Walter (Turland et al. 2018: Art. 7.8). No extant original material is known for this species (Hitchcock 1905; Ward 2007a, 2017). To attempt to typify E. refracta as accurately as possible and maintain consistency with its modern usage, a neotype is here designated that was collected relatively near Walter's plantation, although occasionally Walter's descriptions must have been based on material from far outside his plantation (Ward 2007b).
label: Record Last Modified
content: 19 Oct 2022
label: Specimen Count
content: 1
place: label: Place
content: South Carolina, United States, North America
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content: Botany
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content: Flowering plants and ferns
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content: Type Register
publisher: label: Published Name
content: Poa refracta Muhl. ex Elliott
label: Published Name
content: Eragrostis refracta (Muhl.) Scribn.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Botany Dept.
identifier: label: Barcode
content: 00513253
label: USNM Number
content: 2767400
objectType: label: Type Citation
content: Elliott, S. 1816.
label: Type Status
content: Type fragment
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Plantae Monocotyledonae Poales Poaceae Pooideae