The grass family poaceae or gramineae is the fourth largest flowering plant family and contains approximately 11 000 species in nearly 800 genera worldwide. There are 158 genera and 492 species of this family in pakistan. Poaceae or gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering. They only lack the showy petals and sepals because they are. Parallel evolution of such features as the annual habit, c4 photosynthesis and several highly char. There are about 10,000 species and 660 genera, and they are one of most ecologically and economically important of all plant families. The true grasses are one of the largest plant families, with around 12,000 species and roughly 800 genera. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Rushes, and sedges fall outside this family, but they are related. Hutchinson 1964, butzin 1965 and takhtajan 1969 placed the families into 2 separate orders. They are a large family of monocot flowering plants. Annual or perennial herbs, rarely shrubs or trees, sometimes with rhizomes or stolons. The subfamilies of poaceae are not included here, as they are largely based on nonmorphological characters that are not readily available for identification purposes.
Numerical taxonomic study of some tribes of gramineae from egypt. The atlas of florida plants provides a source of information for the distribution of plants within the state and taxonomic information. Poaceae characteristic morphological features britannica. Gramineae, numerical taxonomy, upgma, cladistic tree 1. The flowers typically have 3 rarely 2 or 6 stamens. Poaceae simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The incorporation of two photosynthetic or carbon dioxide. Poaceae or gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous. Poaceaenavboxstateautocollapse shows the template collapsed to the title bar if there is a navbar, a sidebar, or some other table on the page with the collapsible attribute. Freitag and others published the genus stipa gramineae in southwest and south asia find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate.
Poaceae poaceae characteristic morphological features. The poaceae are the worlds single most important source of food. This family includes many important domesticates, including the worlds most important cash crop triticum aestivum wheat. Poaceae definition of poaceae by the free dictionary. Poaceae gramineae order poales angiosperm phylogeny group poaceae is by far the most economically important family of angiosperms.
Pdf systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in. Species of poaceae contained within the plant list belong to 777 plant genera. Distribution this family is distributed throughout the world. Pdf the genus stipa gramineae in southwest and south asia. 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. Systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in chile. You can see the embryo which is made up of the cotyledon, epicotyl, and the radicle the hypocotyl is too small to label at this stage. The grass family poaceae or gramineae is the fourth. A new species of poaceae gramineae from karnataka india. Mar 14, 2019 definition from wiktionary, the free dictionary. Molecular phylogenetics famiille evolution help me to find this famille poaceae pdf to jpg. It is one of the largest among the angiospermic families. Asian rice oryza sativa extensively cultivated throughout the philippines but not a native of the archipelago, although of prehistoric introduction.
Stemcylindrical, hollow, except maize and sugarcane, with nodes. 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. Slide 3 a brief comparison of graminoids grasses, sedges and rushes. Pdf systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in chile. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. S9 368 occurrence of fructans in the gramineae poaceae by henk smouter and richard j.
Poaceae gramineae peterson major reference works wiley. Poaceae includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and cultivated lawns and pasture. Finot and others published systematic diversity of the family poaceae gramineae in chile find, read and cite all the research. Poaceae or graminae plant classification group famine. Arundinaria, thamnocalamus, borinda, and yushania gramineae. Pdf a worldwide phylogenetic classification of poaceae. The website also provides access to a database and images of herbarium specimens found at the university of south florida and other herbaria.
Poaceae, formerly called gramineae, grass family of monocotyledonous flowering plants, a division of the order poales. Wi mair nor 10,000 domesticatit an wild species, the poaceae represents the fiftlairgest plant faimily, follaein the orchidaceae, asteraceae, fabaceae, an rubiaceae. Poaceae or graminae plant classification group famine foods plants that are not normally considered as crops are consumed in times of famine purdue university, west lafayette, indiana. Abstractthe grass family poaceae or gramineae is the fourth largest flowering. Poaceae article about poaceae by the free dictionary. Pronunciation of poaceae with 1 audio pronunciation, 8 synonyms, 1 meaning, 5 translations and more for poaceae. Poaceae gramineae plants of the grass family we do not normally think of the grasses as flowers, yet they are. Jump to navigation jump to search initial visibility. In order to know how many species of grasses exist in chile, as well as their identity and taxonomic distribution, this chapter provides a checklist of the family. 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 important family of the. They only lack the showy petals and sepals because they are wind pollinated and do not need to attract insects.
The poaceae are the most important source the worlds dietary energy supply. However, the traditional grass tribes, as broadly accepted over the last two decades, do mainly have a morphological. 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. If you have corrections, comments or information to add into these pages, just send mail to markku savela keep in mind that the taxonomic information is copied from various sources, and may include many inaccuracies. The rice plant is enormously variable and probably several hundred distinct cultural forms occur in the archipelago.
However, the traditional grass tribes, as broadly accepted over the last two decades, do mainly have a morphological expression, backed up by characteristics of anatomy. Grasses poaceae or gramineae are the fifth most diverse. The poaceae cried gramineae or true grasses an aw is a lairge an nearly ubiquitous faimily o monocotyledonous flouerin plants. Anatomy and morphology of the poaceae gramineae grass family slide 2 a quick family description as found with all family files on this site. The grass family poaceae or gramineae is the fourth largest flowering plant. 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. They contain, among others, the cereal crop species and other plants of economic importance, such as the bamboos, and several important weeds. The plants represent all the 3 ecological types as hydrophytes, xerophytes and mesophytes. They provide, through direct human consumption, just over onehalf of all dietary energy. The plant list includes 48,947 scientific plant names of species rank for the family poaceae. Assessment of vegetationedaphic correlation of wetland complex of soon valley, pakistan using multivariate techniques sorghum is a flowering plant in the family of grass botanically known as poaceae. Introduction poaceae grasses is one of the most speciesrich flowering plant families and includes many economically important crops.
A list of all accepted names in poaceae is available in csv format. This page was last edited on 15 december 2019, at 22. Partsofaspikelet fewer bracts at the base, called glumes, followed by oneormore. Herbarium, department of biological sciences, delta state university, cleveland, ms. Ppt poaceae powerpoint presentation free to download. A free powerpoint ppt presentation displayed as a flash slide show on id.
Paul m peterson, smithsonian institution, washington dc, usa. Learn about the comparison between poaceae and cyperaceae. Pdf a worldwide phylogenetic classification of poaceae gramineae find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Poaceae or gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass. Poaceae synonyms, poaceae pronunciation, poaceae translation, english dictionary definition of poaceae. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. 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. Morrone and others published poaceae find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. The subfamilies of poaceae are not included here, as they are largely based on nonmorphological characters that are not readily available for identification.
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