Poaceae taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
• Superdivision: Spermatophyta
• Division: Magnoliophyta
• Class: Liliopsida
• Subclass: Commelinidae
• Order: Cyperales
• Family: Poaceae

Genera

Achnatherum (needlegrass) Achnella (ricegrass) Acrachne (goosegrass) Acroceras (acroceras) Aegilops (goatgrass) Aegopogon (relaxgrass) Aeluropus Agroelymus (agroelymus) Agropogon (agropogon) Agropyron (wheatgrass) Agrostis (bentgrass) Aira (hairgrass) Allolepis (Texas salt) Alloteropsis (summergrass) Alopecurus (foxtail) Amblyopyrum (amblyopyrum) Ammocalamagrostis Ammophila (beachgrass) Ampelodesmos (Mauritanian grass) Amphibromus (wallaby grass) Amphicarpum (maidencane) Ancistrachne Andropogon (bluestem) Anthaenantia (silkyscale) Anthephora (oldfield grass) Anthoxanthum (hornwort) Apera (silkybent) Apluda (Mauritian grass) Arctagrostis (polargrass) Arctodupontia (arctodupontia) Arctophila (pendantgrass) Aristida (threeawn) Arrhenatherum (oatgrass) Arthraxon (carpgrass) Arthrostylidium (climbing bamboo) Arundinaria (cane) Arundinella (rabo de gato) Arundo (giant reed) Astrebla Austrostipa Avellinia Avena (oat) Avenula Axonopus (carpetgrass) Bambusa (bamboo) Beckmannia (sloughgrass) Blepharidachne (desertgrass) Blepharoneuron (dropseed) Borinda (borinda) Bothriochloa (beardgrass) Bouteloua (grama) Brachiaria (signalgrass) Brachyachne Brachyelytrum (shorthusk) Brachypodium (false brome) Briza (quakinggrass) Bromus (brome) Calamagrostis (reedgrass) Calammophila (calammophila) Calamovilfa (sandreed) Calyptochloa Castellia Catabrosa (whorlgrass) Catapodium Cathestecum (false grama) Celtica Cenchrus (sandbur) Centotheca Centropodia Chasmanthium (woodoats) Chloris (windmill grass) Chrysopogon (false beardgrass) Chusquea (chusquea bamboo) Cinna (woodreed)

Cladoraphis (bristly lovegrass) Cleistachne Cleistogenes Coelorachis (jointtail grass) Coix (Job's tears) Coleanthus (mossgrass) Cortaderia (pampas grass) Corynephorus (clubawn grass) Cottea (cotta grass) Crypsis (pricklegrass) Ctenium (toothache grass) Cutandia (emphisgrass) Cymbopogon (lemon grass) Cynodon (Bermudagrass) Cynosurus (dogstail grass) Cyrtococcum Dactylis (orchardgrass) Dactyloctenium (crowfoot grass) Danthonia (oatgrass) Danthoniopsis Dasyochloa (woollygrass) Dasypyrum (mosquitograss) Dendrocalamus Deschampsia (hairgrass) Desmostachya Diarrhena (beakgrain) Dichanthelium (rosette grass) Dichanthium (bluestem) Dichelachne (plumegrass) Diectomis (foldedleaf grass) Digitaria (crabgrass) Dimeria Dinebra (viper grass) Dissanthelium (Catalina grass) Dissochondrus (false brittlegrass) Distichlis (saltgrass) Dupoa (dupoa) Dupontia (tundragrass) Echinochloa (cockspur grass) Echinopogon Ehrharta (veldtgrass) Eleusine (goosegrass) Elionurus (balsamscale grass) Elyhordeum (barley) Elyleymus (wildrye) Elymus (wildrye) Elytrigia Enneapogon (feather pappusgrass) Enteropogon (unbrellagrass) Entolasia (entolasia) Eragrostis (lovegrass) Eremochloa (centipede grass) Eremopyrum (false wheatgrass) Eriachne Eriochloa (cupgrass) Eriochrysis (moco de pavo) Erioneuron (woollygrass) Euclasta (mock bluestem) Eulalia Eulaliopsis (sabaigrass) Eustachys (fingergrass) Festuca (fescue)

Festulolium (festulolium) Fingerhuthia (Zulu fescue) Garnotia (lawngrass) Gastridium (nit grass) Gaudinia (fragile oat) Gigantochloa (gigantochloa) Glyceria (mannagrass) Gymnopogon (skeletongrass) Gynerium (wildcane) Hackelochloa (pitscale grass) Hainardia (barbgrass) Hakonechloa (Hakone grass) Helictotrichon (alpine oatgrass) Hemarthria (jointgrass) Hesperostipa (needle and thread) Heteranthelium Heteropogon (tanglehead) Hierochloe (sweetgrass) Hilaria (curly-mesquite) Holcus (velvetgrass) Homolepis Homopholis Hordelymus Hordeum(barley) Hygroryza (atergrass) Hymenachne (marsh grass) Hyparrhenia (thatching grass) Hypogynium (West Indian bluestem) Ichnanthus (bedgrass) Imperata (satintail) Isachne (bloodgrass) Ischaemum (murainagrass) Iseilema Ixophorus (Central America grass) Jarava (rice grass) Karroochloa (South African oatgrass) Koeleria (Junegrass) Lagurus (harestail grass) Lamarckia (goldentop grass) Lasiacis (smallcane) Lasiurus Leersia (cutgrass) Leptochloa (sprangletop) Leptochloopsis (limestone grass) Leptocoryphium (lanilla) Lepturus (thintail) Leucopoa (spike fescue) Leydeum Leymus (wildrye) Limnodea (Ozark grass) Lithachne (diente de perro) Loliolum Lolium (ryegrass) Loudetia Luziola (watergrass) Lycurus (wolfstail) Lygeum (lygeum) Melica (melicgrass) Melinis (stinkgrass) Merxmuellera Mibora (sandgrass) Microchloa (smallgrass) Microlaena Micropyrum Microstegium (browntop) Milium (milletgrass) Miscanthus (silvergrass) Molinia (moorgrass)

Monanthochloe (shoregrass) Monroa (false buffalograss) Muhlenbergia (muhly) Nardus (matgrass) Nassella (needlegrass) Neeragrostis (creeping lovegrass) Neostapfia (Colusagrass) Neyraudia (neyraudia) Ochthochloa Olyra (carrycillo) Ophiuros Oplismenus (basketgrass) Orcuttia (Orcutt grass) Oryza (rice) Oryzopsis (ricegrass) Ottochloa Oxychloris Oxytenanthera (oxytenanthera) Panicum (panicgrass) Pappophorum (pappusgrass) Parapholis (sicklegrass) Pascopyrum (wheatgrass) Paspalidium (watercrown grass) Paspalum (crowngrass) Pennisetum (fountaingrass) Perotis Phalaris (canarygrass) Phanopyrum (savannah-panicgrass) Pharus (stalkgrass) Phippsia (icegrass) Phleum (timothy) Phragmites (reed) Phyllostachys (bamboo) Piptatherum (ricegrass) Piptochaetium (speargrass) Plectrachne Pleioblastus Pleuraphis (galleta grass) Pleuropogon (semaphoregrass) Poa (bluegrass) Pogonatherum Polypogon (rabbitsfoot grass) Polytoca Polytrias (Java grass) Psathyrostachys (wildrye) Pseudelymus (foxtail wheatgrass) Pseudoroegneria (wheatgrass) Pseudosasa (arrow bamboo) Psilurus Ptilagrostis (false needlegrass) Puccinellia (alkaligrass) Pucciphippsia (pucciphippsia) Redfieldia (blowout grass) Reimarochloa (reimar grass) Rostraria (hairgrass) Rottboellia (itchgrass) Rytidosperma (wallaby grass) Saccharum (sugarcane) Sacciolepis (cupscale grass) Sasa (broadleaf bamboo) Schedonnardus (tumblegrass) Schedonorus Schismus (Mediterranean grass) Schizachne (false melic)

Schizachyrium (little bluestem) Schizostachyum (Polynesian 'ohe) Schmidtia Sclerochloa (hardgrass) Scleropogon (burrograss) Sclerostachya Scolochloa (rivergrass) Scribneria (Scribner's grass) Secale (rye) Sehima Semiarundinaria Sesleria Setaria (bristlegrass) Setariopsis Shibataea Sinocalamus (wideleaf bamboo) Snowdenia Sorghastrum (Indiangrass) Sorghum (sorghum) Spartina (cordgrass) Sphenopholis (wedgescale) Spinifex Spodiopogon Sporobolus (dropseed) Steinchisma (gaping grass) Stenotaphrum (St. Augustine grass) Stipa Stipagrostis Swallenia (dunegrass) Taeniatherum (medusahead) Tetrachne Tetrapogon Thaumastochloa Themeda (kangaroo grass) Thinopyrum (wheatgrass) Thuarea (Kuroiwa grass) Thyridolepis Thysanolaena Torreyochloa (false mannagrass) Trachypogon (crinkleawn grass) Tragus (bur grass) Tribolium Trichloris Tricholaena Trichoneura (Silveus' grass) Tridens (tridens) Triodia Triplasis (sandgrass) Tripogon (fiveminute grass) Tripsacum (gamagrass) Triraphis Trisetum (oatgrass) Triticosecale (triticosecale) Triticum (wheat) Tuctoria (spiralgrass) Uniola (seaoats) Urochloa (signalgrass) Vahlodea (hairgrass) Vaseyochloa (Texasgrass) Ventenata (North Africa grass) Vetiveria (vetivergrass) Vossia (hippo grass) Vulpia (fescue) Whiteochloa Willkommia (willkommia) Zea (corn) Zingeria Zizania (wildrice) Zizaniopsis (cutgrass) Zoysia (lawngrass)

References

• Poaceae by the U.S. Department of Agricultur