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IT has been suggested by Nannfeldt1 that Poa annua L. is an allotetraploid (2n = 28) the diploid parents of which are P. infirma H. B. K. (P. exilis (Thomm.) Murb.) and P. supina Schrad. (2n = 14). This hypothesis seems highly probable on morphological grounds, though Nannfeldt did not succeed in crossing the diploids by open pollinations.
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Nannfeldt, J. A., Botaniska Notiser, 238 (1937).
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TUTIN, T. Origin of Poa annua L.. Nature 169, 160 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169160a0
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