Gramineae
Of monocot family and Graminales. May also be referred to as Graminaceae, Poaceae, family Graminaceae, family Gramineae, family Poaceae and grass family.
The grasses: chiefly herbaceous but some woody plants including cereals; bamboo; reeds; sugar cane.
This concept's ID is @1~60740
Monocot Genus
- Festuca
A genus of tufted perennial grasses of the family Gramineae.
- genus Paspalum
A genus of perennial grasses of warm regions.
- Pennisetum
A genus of Old World grasses.
- Phalaris
A genus of grasses with broad leaves and a dense spike of flowers.
- Poa
Chiefly perennial grasses of cool temperate regions.
- Sporobolus
Cosmopolitan annual and perennial grasses (as dropseed or rush grass).
- Cenchrus
A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae that have burs.
- Cynodon
Creeping perennial grasses of tropical and southern Africa.
- Echinochloa
Annual or perennial succulent grasses of warm regions.
- Eleusine
Annual and perennial grasses of savannas and upland grasslands.
- Elymus
Tall tufted perennial grasses (such as lyme grass or wild rye).
- Erianthus
Genus of reedlike grasses having spikes crowded in a panicle covered with long silky ...
- Saccharum
Tall perennial reedlike grass originally of southeastern Asia: sugarcane.
- Setaria
Annual or perennial grasses of warm regions: bristlegrasses.
- Aegilops
Goat grass.
- Agropyron
Perennial grasses of temperate and cool regions: wheatgrass; dog grass.
- Alopecurus
Annual or perennial grasses including decorative and meadow species as well as notorious...
- Andropogon
Tall annual or perennial grasses with spikelike racemes; warm regions.
- Arundo
Any of several coarse tall perennial grasses of most warm areas: reeds.
- Bromus
A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae.
- Bouteloua
Forage grasses.
- Buchloe
Buffalo grass.
- Calamagrostis
Reed grass.
- Cortaderia
Tall ornamental grasses of South America and New Zealand and New Guinea: pampas gras...
- Digitaria
Crab grass; finger grass.
- Eragrostis
Annual or perennial grasses of tropics and subtropics.
- Glyceria
Manna grass.
- Hordeum
Annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley.
- Lolium
Darnel; ryegrass.
- Muhlenbergia
A genus of grasses of the family Gramineae grown in America and Asia.
- Oryza
Rice.
- Oryzopsis
Rice grass.
- Panicum
Panic grass.
- Phleum
Grasses native to temperate regions.
- Phragmites
Reeds of marshes and riversides in tropical or temperate regions.
- Secale
Cereal grass widely cultivated for its grain: rye.
- genus Sorghum
Annual or perennial tropical and subtropical cereal grasses: sorghum.
- Spartina
Grass of freshwater swamps and salt marshes of Europe, Africa, America, and South Atlantic...
- Chloris
Tufted or perennial or annual grasses having runners: finger grass; windmill grass.
- Dactylis
A monocotyledonous grass of the family Gramineae (has only one species).
- Dactyloctenium
A monocotyledonous genus of the family Gramineae.
- Holcus
A genus of Old World grasses widely cultivated in America.
- Leymus
Genus that in some classifications overlaps the genus Elymus.
- Schizachyrium
Overlaps the genus Andropogon.
Plant Genus
- Agrostis
Annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from...
- Arrhenatherum
Oat grass.
- Avena
Oats.
Also contains
- millet
Any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa,...
- gramineous plant
Cosmopolitan herbaceous or woody plants with hollow jointed stems and long narrow...
- meadowgrass
Any of various grasses that thrive in the presence of abundant moisture.