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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 .
They provide, through direct human consumption, just over one-half (51%) of all dietary energy; rice provides 20%, [6] wheat supplies 20%, maize (corn) 5.5%, and other grains 6%. [ citation needed ] Some members of the Poaceae are used as building materials ( bamboo , thatch , and straw ); others can provide a source of biofuel , primarily via ...
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 .
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 ...
Bamboos, Poaceae subfamily Bambusoideae, around 92 genera Note that banana 'trees' are not actually trees; they are not woody nor is the stalk perennial. Magnoliids (together with eudicots they are called broadleaf or hardwood trees)
table mountain pine Pinaceae (pine family) 123 Pinus quadrifolia: Parry pinyon Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus radiata: Monterey pine Pinaceae (pine family) 124 Pinus remota: Texas pinyon Pinaceae (pine family) Pinus resinosa: red pine Pinaceae (pine family) 125 Pinus rigida: pitch pine Pinaceae (pine family) 126 Pinus roxburghii: Chir pine ...
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.
"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