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POACEAE (grasses)

Further Information

Formerly known as (synonyms) Graminae

Subtaxa

Rank Taxon #subtaxa #photos #macrophotos #refs
Subfamily ARUNDINOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses) 5      
Tribe Arundineae (a tribe of grasses) 2 10 1 1
Tribe Danthonieae (a tribe of grasses) 3 2 3 5
Subfamily BAMBUSOIDEAE (bamboos, rice & weeping grasses) 12      
Tribe Bambuseae (bamboos) 11 30 11 10
Tribe Oryzeae (rices) 1     2
Subfamily CHLORIDOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses) 2      
Tribe Cynodonteae (a tribe of grasses) 2 2 8 2
Subfamily PANICOIDEAE (millets & maizes) 4      
Tribe Andropogoneae (millets & maizes) 1 31   3
Tribe Paniceae (millets and bristle, finger & signal grasses) 3 28 17 1
Subfamily POOIDEAE (a subfamily of grasses) 66      
Tribe Brachypodieae (false bromes) 1   5 1
Tribe Bromeae (bromes) 8 9 19 5
Tribe Meliceae (sweet grasses and melicks) 2 10 5 3
Tribe Nardeae (mat grasses) 1 20    
Tribe Poeae (a tribe of grasses) 46 258 170 33
Tribe Stipeae (millets) 1     1
Tribe Triticeae (wheats & barleys) 7 61 31 2
Informal (Cereals) (Cereals) 6 26   5

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Cope, T. & Gray, A., 2009 Grasses of the British Isles
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A., 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe
Hubbard, C.E. & J.C.E., 1984 Grasses - a guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles.
Phillips, R., 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland
Rose, F., 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe
Stokoe, W.J., 1942 The Observer's Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 15 general literature references to POACEAE (grasses)

POACEAE may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
PLANTAE
(plants)
SPERMATOPHYTA
(vascular plants)
MAGNOLIOPSIDA
(flowering plants)
LILIIDAE
(monocotyledonous flowering plants)

BioInfo BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3544 feeding and other relationships of POACEAE (grasses)

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