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  1. Poaceae - Wikipedia

    The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, including staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, oats, barley, and millet for people and as feed …

  2. Poaceae | Definition, Characteristics, Species, Classification, Uses ...

    The Poaceae are the world’s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five families of flowering plants in terms of the number of species, but they are clearly the most abundant …

  3. Family: Poaceae — grass family - Go Botany

    Family: Poaceae — grass family Grasses are annual, biennial, or perennial plants that are usually herbaceous but may be woody in some genera. They may be terrestrial or aquatic. The leaves may …

  4. Poaceae: Characteristics and Importance of the Grass Family

    Jul 21, 2025 · The Poaceae, or grass family, is one of the most widespread and ecologically significant plant families on Earth. Comprising approximately 12,000 species, it is the fifth-largest plant family …

  5. Poaceae: The grass family. General physiognomy. Grasslike plants with blade-like leaves and round, hollow stems; tiny, mostly bisexual flowers without petals and arranged in turn into spikelets; the …

  6. Poaceae - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

    The Poaceae (grass family) is one of the most species-rich and economically important families in the Angiosperms. The world's top four agricultural commodities with respect to productivity, that is sugar …

  7. Poaceae - FNA

    May 11, 2021 · The Poaceae or grass family includes approximately 700 genera and 11,000 species (Chen et al. 2006). The two grass volumes in this series treat 10 subfamilies, 25 tribes, 236 genera, …

  8. Grasses are well adapted to open, marginal and fre-quently disturbed habitats, and can be found on every continent, including Antarctica. A grass is characterised by having a caryopsis or grain, and the …

  9. Poaceae: Characters, Distribution and Types - Biology Discussion

    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.

  10. Poaceae - Oxford Reference

    2 days ago · The Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, including wheat, barley, oats, maize, rice, and millet, making it the most economically important of all plant families.