The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, including staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and millet for people and as feed …

The Poaceae are the world’s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five families of flowering plants in terms of the number of species, but they are clearly the most abundant …

The Poaceae (grass family) is one of the most species-rich and economically important families in the Angiosperms. The world's top four agricultural commodities with respect to productivity, that is sugar …

Family: Poaceae — grass family Grasses are annual, biennial, or perennial plants that are usually herbaceous but may be woody in some genera. They may be terrestrial or aquatic. The leaves may …

Grasses are well adapted to open, marginal and fre-quently disturbed habitats, and can be found on every continent, including Antarctica. A grass is characterised by having a caryopsis or grain, and the …

A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55 (4):259-290.

May 11, 2021 · The Poaceae or grass family includes approximately 700 genera and 11,000 species (Chen et al. 2006). The two grass volumes in this series treat 10 subfamilies, 25 tribes, 236 genera, …

We present an updated worldwide phylogenetic classification of Poaceae with 11 783 species in 12 subfamilies, 7 supertribes, 54 tribes, 5 super subtribes, 109 subtribes, and 789 accepted genera.

Poaceae: The grass family. General physiognomy. Grasslike plants with blade-like leaves and round, hollow stems; tiny, mostly bisexual flowers without petals and arranged in turn into spikelets; the …

Poaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as grasses, that includes around 12,000 species. Grasses have been cultivated by humans for thousands of years as food crops, livestock …