Graminid clade

Not to be confused with graminoid, a morphological category of plants with grass-like appearance.
Graminid clade
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent[1]
Common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Clade: Graminid clade
Families
Diversity
ca. 12,000 species

The graminid clade is a clade of plants in the order Poales uniting four families, of which the grasses (Poaceae) are the most species-rich. Its sister group is the restiid clade.[1]


Restiid clade


Graminid clade

Flagellariaceae




Poaceae




Ecdeiocoleaceae



Joinvilleaceae





References

  1. 1 2 Bouchenak-Khelladi, Yanis; Muasya, A. Muthama; Linder, H. Peter (2014). "A revised evolutionary history of Poales: origins and diversification". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 175 (1): 4–16. doi:10.1111/boj.12160. ISSN 0024-4074.


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