Poaceae Barnhart

True Grasses

Kingdaom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Class: Monocots
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae

Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants known as grasses, commonly referred to collectively as grass. The Poaceae are the most economically important plant family, providing staple foods from domesticated cereal crops such as maize, wheat, rice, barley, and millet as well as forage, building materials (bamboo, thatch, straw) and fuel (ethanol). Wikipedia

Genera: Bambusa, Cenchrus, Chloris, Melinis, Oryza, Spinifex, Stenotaphrum, Tragus