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Poaceae, also known as the true grasses, is the fourth largest plant family in the world with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos , and several important weeds .
Within the order, by far the most important family economically is the family of grasses (Poaceae, syn. Gramineae), which includes the starch staples barley, maize, millet, rice, and wheat as well as bamboos (mostly used structurally, like wood, but somewhat as vegetables), and a few "seasonings" like sugarcane and lemongrass. Graminoids ...
Poaceae at The Plant List; Learn about grasses at The Story of the Poaceae "Grasses" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. XI (9th ed.). 1880. pp. 53–60. Gramineae Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine at The Families of Flowering Plants (DELTA) Archived 2007-01-03 at the Wayback Machine; Poaceae at the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website
This category is for the true grasses, which are monocotyledonous plants in the Family Poaceae The main article for this category is Poaceae . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Poaceae .
"Bluegrass": The seed pods go from green to purplish blue to brown. During the purplish blue phase the seed stems have a navy-blue coating. Poa trivialis (rough meadow-grass), showing the ligule structure
The Pooideae are the largest subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, with about 4,000 species in 15 tribes and roughly 200 genera.They include some major cereals such as wheat, barley, oat, rye and many lawn and pasture grasses.
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Poaceae: grass family; Dendrocalamus: giant clumping bamboos; Dendrocalamus asper: giant bamboo; edible bamboo Poaceae (grass family) Polygonaceae: knotweed family; Coccoloba: coccoloba trees; Coccoloba diversifolia: pigeon plum Polygonaceae (knotweed family) Coccoloba uvifera: seagrape Polygonaceae (knotweed family) Proteaceae: protea family