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|accepted_name=Poa sect. Alpinae
|accepted_authority=(Hegetschw. ex Nyman) Stapf
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Pooideae;Poaceae tribe Poeae;Poa;Poa subg. Poa;Poa sect. Alpinae
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Pooideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Poeae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Poa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Poa subg. Poa]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Poa sect. Alpinae]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 24
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>perennial; not rhizomatous, not stoloniferous. <b>Basal</b> branching intravaginal. <b>Culms</b> 10-40 cm, terete. <b>Leaves</b> mostly basal; sheaths closed for 1/2 - 2/7 their length, terete, basal sheaths persistent, bases usually not swollen; blades flat, moderately thick, soft, straight, apices prow-shaped. <b>Panicles</b> 2-6(8) cm, erect, ovoid to pyramidal, open or loosely contracted at maturity; nodes with 1-2 branches; branches 1-3(4) cm, ascending to spreading, straight, terete, smooth or very sparsely scabrous, rarely moderately scabrous. <b>Spikelets</b> ovate, laterally compressed, occasionally bulbiferous; florets usually normal, bisexual. <b>Glumes</b> broadly lanceolate to narrowly ovate, shorter than to subequal to the adjacent lemmas, keeled, keels sparsely scabrous; lower glumes 3-veined; calluses terete, glabrous; lemmas broadly lanceolate, keeled, keels and marginal veins short- to long-villous, intercostal regions glabrous or sparsely to moderately short-villous; palea keels mostly softly puberulent to short-villous, scabrous distally; anthers 3, 1.3-2.3 mm.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Poa </i>sect.<i> Alpinae</i> includes seven species. They are all cespitose perennials with intravaginal branching and broad leaves. One species is circumboreal; the other six are native to Europe.</p>
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name=Poa sect. Alpinae
|authority=(Hegetschw. ex Nyman) Stapf
|rank=section
|parent rank=subgenus
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Pooideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Poeae
|genus=Poa
|subgenus=Poa subg. Poa
|section=Poa sect. Alpinae
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