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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
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 ...
This list of systems of plant taxonomy presents "taxonomic systems" used in plant classification. A taxonomic system is a coherent whole of taxonomic judgments on circumscription and placement of the considered taxa. It is only a "system" if it is applied to a large group of such taxa (for example, all the flowering plants). There are two main ...
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 .
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.
The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs. ... Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order, likewise the ...
Many of these plants are listed in Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners. William Stearn (1911–2001) was one of the pre-eminent British botanists of the 20th century: a Librarian of the Royal Horticultural Society , a president of the Linnean Society and the original drafter of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated ...