Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Poa annua
poa annual, pastito de invierno, espiguilla, poa annua, annual meadow grass, annual bluegrass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Cyperales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Poa
Species
annua
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Aira pumila Pursh
Origin: Introduced - established
Year of first record: 2003
Mode of introduction: Accidental
Introduction Pathway: Contaminant
Subpathway: Contaminant on plants (inc. seeds and plant associated material)
Introduced status: Naturalized
Invasive status: No data
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- D'Arcy, W.G. (1987) Flora of Panama. Checklist and Index. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 17(1): i–xxx, 1–328; 18(2): i–ix, 1–672.
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- Guézou, A. Trueman, M., Buddenhagen, E., Chamorro, S., Guerrero, A.M., Pozo, P., Atkinson, R. (2010) An extensive Alien Plan Inventory from the Inhabited Areas of Galapagos Plos One/ www.plosone.org. Volume 5/ Issue 4/e10276
- Hitchcock, A.S. (1951) Man. Grasses U.S. (ed. 2) 1–1051.
- Peterson, P. Soreng, R. (2016) A revision of Poa subsection Aphanelytrum (Poaceae, Pooideae, Poaeae, Poinae); and a new species, Poa auriculata PhytoKeys 63: 107–125 (2016)
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Missouri Botanical Garden (eds.) (2013) The Plant List, Version 1.1. Published on the Internet; http://www.theplantlist.org/ (accessed 1st January).
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
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"Galapagos Species Database, Poa annua", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=2005. Accessed 4 November 2026.