Poaceae

Translingual

Phleum pratense, a species in Poaceae

Etymology

Poa +‎ -aceae

Proper noun

Poaceae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Poales – true grasses.

Synonyms

• (family): Gramineae - accepted alternative name

Hypernyms

• (family): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids – clades; Poales – order

Hyponyms

• (family): BEP clade (Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, Pooideae), PACMAD clade (Panicoideae, Aristidoideae, Chloridoideae, Micrairoideae, Arundinoideae, Danthonioideae) - clades; Anomochlooideae, Centothecoideae, Pharoideae, Puelioideae – subfamilies
  • Aegilops, Agropyron, Agrostis, Aira, Airopsis, Alopecurus, Ammophila, Andropogon, Anthoxanthum, Apluda, Arctagrostis, Aristida, Arrhenatherum, Arundinaria, Arundo, Austroderia, Avena, Axonopus, Bambusa, Bothriochloa, Bouteloua, Brachypodium, Bromus, Calamagrostis, Cenchrus, Chloris, Chrysopogon, Coix, Cortaderia, Cymbopogon, Cynodon, Cynosurus, Dactylis, Deschampsia, Dichanthium, Digitaria, Distichlis, Echinochloa, Eleusine, Elymus, Eragrostis, Eulalia, Festuca, Glyceria, Helictochloa, Hierochloe, Hilaria, Holcus, Hordeum, Hystrix, Ichnanthus, Imperata, Koeleria, Lagurus, Lamarckia, Lasiurus, Leersia, Leymus, Lolium, Mays, Melica, Melinis, Miscanthus, Molinia, Muhlenbergia, Nardus, Nassella, Olyra, Oryza, Oryzopsis, Panicum, Paratheria, Paspalum, Pennisetum, Phalaris, Phleum, Phragmites, Phyllostachys, Poa, Polypogon, Pseudosasa, Saccharum, Sasa, Schizachyrium, Secale, Setaria, Sorghum, Spartina, Sporobolus, Stenotaphrum, Stipa, Stipagrostis, Tragus, Tribolium, Tricholaena, Triodia, Tripsacum, Trisetum, Triticum, Uniola, Vetiveria, Zea, Zizania – selected genera

References

• Poaceae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Poaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Poaceae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Poaceae at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Poaceae at the Catalogue of Life 
• Poaceae at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Poaceae at APWeb
• Poaceae at Paleobiology Database
• Poaceae at eMonocots