POACEAE
(grasses, couch)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa
No of
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No of
ID refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 21 images 1 ident. refs
Inflorescence (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 16 images 4 ident. refs
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Subfamily 3 subtaxa 72 images 1 ident. refs
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Subfamily 12 subtaxa 41 images 13 ident. refs
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 10 images
Tribe 3 subtaxa 10 images
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Genus 3 subtaxa 10 images
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Genus 2 subtaxa 2 images 5 ident. refs
Plant (Click to open)
Genus 2 subtaxa 40 images 1 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 12 images
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
Plant (Click to open)
Subfamily 4 subtaxa 86 images 2 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 13 images
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Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images
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Subfamily 65 subtaxa 574 images 51 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 7 images
Inflorescence (Click to open)
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 images 1 ident. refs
Informal 2 subtaxa 7 images 2 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyPOACEAE (grasses, couch)
OrderPOALES (grasses, sedges & rushes)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Cope, T. & Gray, A. 2009 Grasses of the British Isles B.S.B.I. Handbooks, No 13, 608pp, Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI)
Fitter, R., Fitter, A. & Farrer, A. 1984 Grasses, Sedges, Rushes & Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe Collins Pocket Guide, 256pp, HarperCollins
() Hubbard, C.E. & J.C.E. 1984 Grasses - a guide to their Structure, Identification, Uses and Distribution in the British Isles. New Edition (3rd) edition, 476pp, Penguin Books
Phillips, R. 1980 Grasses, Ferns, Mosses and Lichens of Great Britain and Ireland 191pp, Pan Books
Rand, M. 2010 Grasses in Hampshire http://hantsplants.org.uk/articles.php
Rose, F. 1989 Colour Identification Guide to Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of the British Isles and north-western Europe 240pp, Viking
() Stokoe, W.J. 1942 *** The Observer’s Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes ***(Superseded) Observer's Books, No 7, 191pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Pollen

Dickson, C. 1988 Distinguishing cereal from wild grass pollen: some limitations Circaea Vol 5 (2): 67-71.

POACEAE (grasses, couch) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for POACEAE (grasses, couch)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 3,649 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for POACEAE (grasses, couch)

Graminae

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