Poaceae

family of monocotyledonous plants
Taxon taxon Q43238
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Poaceae

Summary

Poaceae is a taxon[1]. Poaceae ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,373 views/month, #644 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Poaceae's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Poaceae is classified at the rank of family[4].
  • Poaceae is classified within Cyperales[5].
  • Poaceae belongs to the parent taxon Poales[6].
  • Poaceae belongs to the parent taxon Graminid clade[7].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Poaceae is Poaceae[8].
  • Poaceae is a type of herbaceous plant[9].
  • Poaceae is a type of grass[10].
  • Poaceae's Commons category is recorded as Poaceae[11].
  • The taxonomic type of Poaceae is Poa[12].
  • Poaceae began on -66000000-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Poaceae's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Poaceae[14].
  • Poaceae's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[15].
  • Poaceae's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
  • Poaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[17].
  • Poaceae's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[18].
  • Poaceae's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[19].
  • Poaceae's partially coincident with is recorded as grass[20].
  • Poaceae's taxon synonym is recorded as Gramineae[21].
  • Poaceae's GRIN URL is recorded as https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomyfamily.aspx?id=897[22].
  • Poaceae's this taxon is source of is recorded as grass[23].
  • Poaceae's this taxon is source of is recorded as hay[24].
  • Poaceae's this taxon is source of is recorded as grain[25].
  • Poaceae's this taxon is source of is recorded as cereal[26].
  • Poaceae's this taxon is source of is recorded as smell of freshly cut grass[27].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Poaceae is Poaceae[8]. Poaceae is classified at the rank of family[4]. Recorded parent taxon include Cyperales[5], Poales[6], and Graminid clade[7]. The taxonomic type of Poaceae is Poa[12]. Recorded taxon common name include {'lang': 'nl', 'text': 'Grassenfamilie'}[28], {'lang': 'th', 'text': 'วงศ์หญ้า'}[29], {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '禾本科'}[30], and {'lang': 'de', 'text': 'Süßgräser'}[31].

Identifiers

Poaceae's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 47434[32]. Poaceae's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 4479[33]. Poaceae's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 8223[34]. Poaceae's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 3073[35]. Poaceae's ITIS TSN is recorded as 40351[36].

Why It Matters

Poaceae ranks in the top 0.33% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,373 views/month, #644 of 195,241).[2] Poaceae has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Poaceae is known by 155 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [33] . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [36] . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [34] . Q82486. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [35] . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] . GRIN Taxonomy for Plants. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] . panmai.com. panmai.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . A new list of threatened woody species in China under future global change scenarios. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Aliases
    Subclass of
    Parent taxon Cyperales, Poales, Graminid clade
    Described by source Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +2
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