grasses
Poaceae
Poaceae ( poh-AY-see-e(y)e), also called Gramineae ( grə-MIN-ee-e(y)e), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as true grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. Poaceae is the most well-known family within the informal group known as grass.
With around 780 genera and around 12,000 species, the Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family, following the Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae.
14 branches of this family, most-observed first
Pooideae
subfamilyPooideae
Paniceae, andropogoneae, paspaleae, and allies
subfamilyPanicoideae
Chloridoideae
subfamilyChloridoideae
Reeds, Giant Canes, and allies
subfamilyArundinoideae
bamboos, canes, and allies
subfamilyBambusoideae
Oatgrasses, Pampasgrasses, and allies
subfamilyDanthonioideae
rices, veldtgrasses, and allies
subfamilyOryzoideae
threeawns and wiregrasses
subfamilyAristidoideae
Micrairoideae
subfamilyMicrairoideae
Pharoideae
subfamilyPharoideae
Puelioideae
subfamilyPuelioideae
Anomochlooideae
subfamilyAnomochlooideae
Boldrinia
genusBoldrinia
Condilorachia
genusCondilorachia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 47434.