Poa laxa Haenke in J. Jirasek, Beobacht. Reis. Riesengeb. 118. 1791 subsp. laxa

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8. Poa laxa Haenke in J. Jirasek, Beobacht. Reis. Riesengeb. 118. 1791 subsp. laxa

Poa laxa ß pallida Lange, nom. nud., in sched. (C 10022611; COI-Willk. 36552), syn. nov.

Poa laxa Ill. Bolòs and Vigo (2001: 386), Portal (2005: 108, 281).

Type.

"[ Haenke 1791: 116, Schneekoppe] der kahle, steinigte Gipfel" [= the summit area of Mt Sněžka, NE Bohemia, at the Polish border]" (lectotype designated by Kirschner et al. 2007, pg. 349: Poa laxa a me descripta in Actis Societ. Boh. Anno 1787. Poa Halleri historia Nr. 1457. Lecta in Sudetis et in Styriae Alpibus, T. Haenke (PR); epitype designated by Kirschner et al. 2007, pg. 349: Bohemia, the Krkonose Mts , Mt Sněžka, scree site just below the summit plateau at the beginning of the track called Jubilejní cesta, 50°44'10"N, 15°44'25"E, 3 Jul 2007, J. Zahradníková & L. Harčariková s.n: PRA 349; isoepitypes: PR, PRC) .

Flowering.

July to September.

Ecology.

Rocky places, stony places and high mountain waterfalls, on shale, schist and granite; (1900) 2300-3150 m a.s.l.

Distribution.

C and N of Europe, reaching the Carpathians, Balkans, Apennines and Pyrenees, and N America. N and NE Iberian Peninsula. And. Spa.: Ge Hu L (P). For a representative list of studied materials, see Suppl. material 1.