Poaceae gramineae plants of the grass family we do not normally think of the grasses as flowers, yet they are. About the classification report about the classification download. Etymology the poaceae name was given by john hendley barnhart in 1895, based on the tribe poeae described in 1814 by robert brown, and the type genus poa described in 1753 by linnaeus. Its members are monocotyledons and feature leaves with parallel veins. Poaceae general information is a modest section title but it is more than a mere preface to classification of the poaceae. Poaceae this volume is the outcome of a modern phylogenetic analysis of the grass family based on multiple sources of data, in particular molecular. We do not intend the plant list to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. May, 2014 plant family discussion specifically on family poaceae or grasses. Poaceae, grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order poales. Chloridoideae, including the lovegrasses eragrostis, about 350 species, including teff, dropseeds sporobolus. Rosaceae family is robustly monophyletic, it has added to the debate on the sub family and tribal groupings. The poaceae are the worlds single most important source of food.
Slide 3 a brief comparison of graminoids grasses, sedges and rushes. In the classification given here grasses are subdivided. It includes many cultivated plants wheat, rice, maize, etc. Species of araceae, brassicaceae, diosoreacae, euphorbiaceae. They rank among the top five families of flowering plants in terms of the number of species, but they are clearly the most abundant and. This family includes many important domesticates, including the worlds most important cash crop triticum aestivum wheat. Identification of the grass family poaceae by using the. Pdf floristic list and indigenous uses of poaceae family in. Although grasses superficially resemble other plants, most notably the rushes family juncaceae and sedges family cyperaceae, these similarities are far outweighed by the numerous lessconspicuous differences in the structure and arrangement of reproductive parts, pollen development and structure, chromosome structure, and embryology. Rushes, and sedges fall outside this family, but they are related. Biol 474 plant family descriptions university of alaska. Poaceae economic and ecological importance britannica. The grass family poaceae or gramineae is the fourth largest flowering plant family and contains approxi mately 11 000 species in nearly 800. Click on names to expand them, and on p for plants profiles.
I am working in the plant taxonomy field, i am especially interested in the poaceae family. Systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in. The plant list includes 48,947 scientific plant names of species rank for the family poaceae. Poaceae characteristic morphological features britannica. Each type of seed was planted directly into the mixed soils 5 seeds per pot, 3 pots per treatment. Graminoids families poaceae, juncaceae and cyperaceae one of the most challenging things you will do at dwp is keyout graminoids grass and grasslike plants.
Poaceae poaceae economic and ecological importance. Poaceae, formerly called gramineae, grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order poales. Graminae or poaceae family plant family hindi medium duration. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names. Poaceae gftamineae monocot grass family diagnostic characters, floral formula and floral diagram f wheat, economic importance and common species of poaceae. Rare plants listed from rare plants of texas by poole, et. Grasses poaceae or gramineae are the fifth most diverse family among the flowering plants or angiosperms and the second most diverse family among the monocotyledons. Graminae grains of the total food produced by the worlds top 30 crops based on dry matter, about 23. Poaceae synonyms, poaceae pronunciation, poaceae translation, english dictionary definition of poaceae. With 11,337 species, members of the poaceae are found on every continent except for antarctica. Poaceae gftamineae monocot grass family characteristics. Learn about the comparison between poaceae and cyperaceae. Stemcylindrical, hollow, except maize and sugarcane, with nodes. Plant family discussion specifically on family poaceae or grasses.
The plants represent all the 3 ecological types as hydrophytes, xerophytes and mesophytes. With more than 0 species, the grass family, poaceae, is one of the largest families of flowering plants. The grass family poaceae is the fifth largest family of flowering plants but the most important for humans. Grasses dominate large expanses of the middle of continents, such as the north american prairies, south american pampas, african veld, and eurasian steppes. Life scientific name with authority common name family name. There are about 10,000 grass species, most of them confined to a single continent. There are about 10,000 species and 660 genera, and they are one of most ecologically and economically important of all plant families. On world level, 0 species belonging to 600700 genera are reported. This family has greater importance than all other families of the flowering plants.
A model family for the study of speciesrich groups chapter pdf available april 2018 with 4,727 reads how we measure reads. Can anyone recommend identification material for the poaceae family. Hutchinson 1964, butzin 1965 and takhtajan 1969 placed the families into 2 separate orders. Economically poaceae grass family is a most important family of flowering plants. I also pointed out the difficulty that occurs in species identification, and due to this fact, the family is frequently avoided by many people. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several important weeds.
The family poaceae gramineae closely resembles the family cyperaceae and the two families have been placed in same order glumiflorae by engler and prantl, and glumaceae by bentham and hooker. Several worldwide priority area proposals have been developed, but local considerations are necessary to identify priority areas for conservation within these regions. This article is about plants in the family poaceae known as grasses. Many legumes have characteristic flowers and fruits. A 250 plastome phylogeny of the grass family poaceae. The plant list includes 4,849 scientific plant names of species rank for the family moraceae. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Many members of the family contain potent alkaloids, and some are highly toxic, but manyincluding tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, bell and. Pdf systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in chile.
The true grasses poaceae are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. A list of all accepted names in moraceae is available in csv format. Genetic analysis has been performed to examine phylogenies for the family, individual subfamilies, tribes, and the larger genera. The family poaceae gramineae presents subfamilies comprising 793 genera and 10,000 species.
An exception, the cosmopolitan species phragmites australis, the giant reed grass, has the widest geographic range of any flowering plant. The solanaceae, or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and ornamentals. Poaceae definition of poaceae by the free dictionary. Poaceae comprises about 10,000 species in approximately 700 genera. Many grasses are cultivated as ornamental plants and for lawns, and several. Anatomy and morphology of the poaceae gramineae grass family slide 2 a quick family description as found with all family files on this site.
Species marked in bold are listed on the texas department of agriculture noxious weeds list. Poaceae the grasses the second large independent shift to reduced flowers and spikelets for wind pollination 4th largest family 620 genera, 10,000 species most important family ethnobotanically 1 wisconsin flora wordle 321 279 283 2 setaria spp. They only lack the showy petals and sepals because they are wind pollinated and do not need to attract insects. Apr 11, 2018 graminae or poaceae family plant family hindi medium duration. Life scientific name with authority common name family. The fabaceae or leguminosae, commonly known as the legume, pea, or bean family, are a large and economically important family of flowering plants. Morphology of flowering plants poaceae or gramineae family inflorescence duration. Classification for kingdom plantae down to family poaceae. This study revealed that the family poaceae is represented in the tor ghar district by 73 species. Graminoids families poaceae, juncaceae and cyperaceae. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
The solanaceae is a large varied family of trees, shrubs and herbs including 90 genera and more than 2000 species. Third largest family of flowering plants and second only to the cereals in economic importance. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Pdf distribution of poaceae, chenopodiceae, papaveraceae. There are roughly 8,100 known c 4 species, which belong to at least 61 distinct evolutionary lineages in 19 families as per apg iv classification of flowering plants. Then the list of plant species developed to use as conservation characteristics. Family characteristics for plant families the following pages provide basic familiy characteristics for most of the families covered in the lab. The plants are commonly distributed in temperate regions, but they. The below mentioned article provides an overview on order graminales, family gramineae. Poaceaegrass family named for genus poa crops called cereal crops greek god of agriculture was ceres monocots old family name. Poaceae gramineae order poales angiosperm phylogeny group poaceae is by far the most economically important family of angiosperms. This volume is the outcome of a modern phylogenetic analysis of the grass family based on multiple sources of data, in particular molecular systematic studies resulting from a concerted effort by researchers worldwide, including the author. Maize zea mays, poaceae is the most widely cultivated c 4 plant.
The leaves may be evergreen or deciduous and are all basal or alternate, and usually much longer than wide. These three species combined with another 17 cultivars produce 85% of the worlds calories. This grass fruit is a grain, also called a caryopsis, i. The family has diversified in most major land biomes from arid to wet tropical, grassland and coastal. Six plant families of economic importance david bogler. Species of moraceae contained within the plant list belong to 37 plant genera. A comparative study on poaceae and leguminosae forage. The plant species were tabulated according to the subfamilies.
Unlike the sedges, the principla importance of which important is ecological because they benefit wetland wildlife, grasses are important both an important constituents of a great many natural ecosystems and also economically, as the family includes the basic food plants of most civilizations in the form of rice, wheat, corn maize, rye, oats. They only lack the showy petals and sepals because they are. Solanaceae are known for possessing a diverse range of alkaloids. The family is ranked in third place in number of genera. Distribution of poaceae, chenopodiceae, papaveraceae and fumariaceae plant families in fars, iran an application of gis in plant systematic and conservation.
A list of all accepted names in poaceae is available in csv format. Ppt poaceae powerpoint presentation free to download. The family is ranked in third place in number of genera, and is the fifth in number of species, occupying the first place in the economy, mainly in the production of sugar. They are a large family of monocot flowering plants.
In brazil, there is a record of 197 genera and 1, 368 species sanchezken et al. Poaceae gramineae he ben ke chen shouliang 1, li dezhu 2, zhu guanghua 3, wu zhenlan 4, lu shenglian 4, liu liang 5, wang zhengping wang chengping6, sun bixing sun bisin7, zhu zhengde chu chengde8, xia nianhe 9, jia liangzhi chia liangchih9, guo zhenhua 2, chen wenli 5. Plants of the family poaceae are geographically the most widespread on earth. Most important plant families alexey shipunov minot state university july 16, 20 shipunov biol 592. These pages have been compiled from a combination of sources. I also pointed out the difficulty that occurs in species identification, and due to this fact, the family. Poaceae is 4th largest family of flowering plant while among monocotyledon it is at 2nd position. It is one of the largest among the angiospermic families. With more than 10,000 domesticated and wild species, the poaceae are the fifthlargest plant family, following the asteraceae, orchidaceae, fabaceae, and rubiaceae. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns and pasture. It includes trees, shrubs, and perennial or annual herbaceous plants, which are easily recognized by their fruit and their compound, stipulate leaves. With more than 10,000 species, the grass family, poaceae, is one of the largest families of flowering plants. There are three families that you will need to be able to distinguish in order to indentify graminoids.
The plant list includes a further 20,217 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the family poaceae. Monochoria vaginalis in kerala the apg iv system of 2016 unchanged from the apg iii system of 2009, the apg ii system of 2003 and the apg system of 1998 places the family in the order commelinales, in the commelinid clade, in the monocots. In a past plant talk posting, i discussed the cyperaceae sedge family in delaware and provided data on its overall status and distribution in the state. Grasses are annual, biennial, or perennial plants that are usually herbaceous but may be woody in some genera. Economically, grasses are by far the most important plant group, provid. Poaceae grass family poaceae is a massive and incredibly important plant family. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria. In this study, the use of plant species primarily from the family poaceae and additionally from other families asteraceae, fabaceae and solanaceae by hunter. Slideshare uses cookies to improve functionality and performance, and to provide you with relevant advertising. Systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in chile. Order graminales, family gramineae the monocotyledones. Arundinoideae, including giant reed and common reed. Grand canyon national park exotic plant species 1 of 6 32012 scientific name with authority common name.