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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 .
The name Poaceae was given by John Hendley Barnhart in 1895, [16]: 7 based on the tribe Poeae described in 1814 by Robert Brown, and the type genus Poa described in 1753 by Carl Linnaeus. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek πόα (póa, "fodder") .
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 ...
It is now emerging as a model for crop plant disease, facilitating the model-to-crop transfer of knowledge on disease resistance. [12] B. distachyon is also becoming a useful model system for studies of evolutionary developmental biology , in particular to contrast molecular genetic mechanisms with dicotyledon model systems, notably Arabidopsis ...
Oryza sativa belongs to the genus Oryza and the BOP clade in the grass family Poaceae. With a genome consisting of 430 Mbp across 12 chromosomes, it is renowned for being easy to genetically modify and is a model organism for the study of the biology of cereals and monocots. [7]
This category is for the true grasses, which are monocotyledonous plants in the Family Poaceae Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of ...
Three goals of plant taxonomy are the identification, classification and description of plants. The distinction between these three goals is important and often overlooked. Plant identification is a determination of the identity of an unknown plant by comparison with previously collected specimens or with the aid of books or identification manuals.
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