Poaceae
family of monocotyledonous plants
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Summary
Poaceae is a taxon[1]. Poaceae ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,009 views/month, #644 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Taxon rank: family[3]
- Parent taxon: Cyperales[4], Poales[5], Graminid clade[6]
- Taxon name: Poaceae[7]
- Subclass of: herbaceous plant[8], grass[9]
- Commons category: Poaceae[10]
- Taxonomic type: Poa[11]
- Start time: -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[12]
- Topic's main category: Category:Poaceae[13]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[17], Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18]
- Partially coincident with: grass[19]
- Taxon synonym: Gramineae[20]
- GRIN URL: https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=897[21]
- This taxon is source of: grass[22], hay[23], grain[24], cereal[25], smell of freshly cut grass[26], smell of grass[27]
- Taxon common name: Grassenfamilie[28], วงศ์หญ้า[29], 禾本科[30], Süßgräser[31]
- Has fruit type: caryopsis[32]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[33]
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Identifiers
Poaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47434[34]. Poaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4479[35]. Poaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8223[36]. Poaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3073[37]. Poaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40351[38].
Why It Matters
Poaceae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] Poaceae is known by 176 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]