Poa fax
Poa fax is a species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to the Australian states of Western Australia, South Australia, New [South Wales], and Victoria. This species has the shortest scientific name of any plant. Poa is Greek for "fodder", and fax is Latin for "torch" or "flame", referring to "its dense, spike-like inflorescence which resembles a torch with ascending tongues of flame". While the name Poa fax is accepted as valid by Flora of [Australia (series)|Flora of Australia], and some databases reflect this, such as Plants of [the World Online|POWO], World Checklist of [Selected Plant Families|WCSP] and FloraBase, other sources such as Tropicos, World [Flora Online|WFO] and GrassBase consider it a synonym of Neuropoa fax.