Poaceae belongs to the order Poales. It is also known as Grasses family, True grasses, or Gramineae.
The Poaceae is one of the largest and most ecologically and economically important families of flowering plants. These monocotyledonous plants are found worldwide, from deserts and alpine meadows to wetlands and tropical forests. Members typically have hollow stems with solid nodes, narrow leaves arranged in two ranks, and small, wind-pollinated flowers grouped into spikelets. The fruit is usually a caryopsis, where the seed coat is fused to the fruit wall—a defining trait of cereal grains.
Poaceae includes many staple crops and useful grasses. A notable commercial example is rice (Oryza sativa), cultivated globally as a primary food source. Other key members include wheat, maize, barley, sugarcane, and bamboo. These grasses provide food, fodder, fuel, building materials, and even aromatic oils, making the family indispensable to agriculture and human civilization.
Total genera found for Poaceae: 24
- 1) Avena
- 2) Bambusa
- 3) Chrysopogon
- 4) Coix
- 5) Cymbopogon
- 6) Digitaria
- 7) Echinochloa
- 8) Eleusine
- 9) Eragrostis
- 10) Hordeum
- 11) Oryza
- 12) Panicum
- 13) Pennisetum
- 14) Phalaris
- 15) Phleum
- 16) Phyllostachys
- 17) Saccharum
- 18) Secale
- 19) Setaria
- 20) Sorghum
- 21) × Triticosecale
- 22) Triticum
- 23) Zea
- 24) Zizania
Total plants found for Poaceae: 36
- 1) African rice
- 2) Bamboo
- 3) Barley
- 4) Canary grass
- 5) Citronella
- 6) Durum wheat
- 7) Einkorn wheat
- 8) Emmer wheat
- 9) Finger millet
- 10) Fonio
- 11) Foxtail millet
- 12) Hairy crabgrass
- 13) Indian barnyard millet
- 14) Japanese barnyard millet
- 15) Job's tears
- 16) Khorasan wheat
- 17) Lemon grass
- 18) Maize
- 19) Moso bamboo
- 20) Oat
- 21) Oldham's bamboo
- 22) Pearl millet
- 23) Proso millet
- 24) Rice
- 25) Rye
- 26) Sorghum (Crop)
- 27) Sorghum spp
- 28) Spelt wheat
- 29) Sudan grass
- 30) Sugarcane
- 31) Tef
- 32) Timothy-grass
- 33) Triticale
- 34) Vetiver
- 35) Wheat
- 36) Wild rice