Poa ancepsG.Forst.

WFO wfo-0000891484 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Poa anceps, photographed by naturewatchwidow
fig. a naturewatchwidow, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-05-14 / obs. 197408913
Poa anceps, photographed by Leon Perrie
fig. b Leon Perrie, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181756766
Poa anceps, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. c Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 181035706
Poa anceps, photographed by Grey Smith
fig. d Grey Smith, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 205034483
Poa anceps, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. e Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175983426
Poa anceps, photographed by Joe Dillon
fig. f Joe Dillon, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 175935545
Poa anceps, photographed by Saryu Mae 前 朝琉
fig. g Saryu Mae 前 朝琉, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174925907
Poa anceps, photographed by Lisa Bennett
fig. h Lisa Bennett, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 169176133

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Poa anceps is native: Kermadec Is., New Zealand North, New Zealand South New Zealand NorthNew Zealand South Kermadec Is.
Native distribution of Poa anceps, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Kermadec Is. KER AUSTRALASIA
New Zealand North NZN
New Zealand South NZS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 11 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Poa affinis var. agrostoidea Hook.f.
  • Poa affinis var. multiflora Hook.f.
  • Poa anceps subsp. anceps
  • Poa anceps subsp. polyphylla (Hack.) Edgar
  • Poa anceps var. condensata Cheeseman
  • Poa anceps var. densiflora Hook.f.
  • Poa anceps var. elata Hook.f.
  • Poa anceps var. foliosa Hook.f.
  • Poa anceps var. polyphylla (Hack.) Zotov
  • Poa polyphylla Hack.
  • Poa polyphylla f. compacta Hack.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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