Glumaceae
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Glumaceae is a descriptive botanical name
. It was used in the Bentham & Hooker system
(volume of 1883) for the order including the grass family:
The APG II system
places the plants involved (and many others) in the order Poales
. Other names for the order including the grass family are Glumiflorae
and Graminales.
Descriptive botanical names
Descriptive botanical names are names that are governed by Article 16 of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature , which rules that a name above the rank of family may be either descriptive or formed from the name of an included family...
. It was used in the Bentham & Hooker system
Bentham & Hooker system
An early taxonomic system, the Bentham & Hooker system for seed plants was published in :The system recognises the following main groups:*DICOTYLEDONUM POLYPETALARUM*: Series 1. THALAMIFLORÆ*: Series 2. DISCIFLORÆ*: Series 3. CALYCIFLORÆ...
(volume of 1883) for the order including the grass family:
- order Glumaceae
- family Eriocauleae
- family Centrolepideae
- family Restiaceae
- family CyperaceaeCyperaceaeCyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses or rushes. The family is large, with some 5,500 species described in about 109 genera. These species are widely distributed, with the centers of diversity for the group...
- family Gramineae
The APG II system
APG II system
The APG II system of plant classification is the second, now obsolete, version of a modern, mostly molecular-based, system of plant taxonomy that was published in April 2003 by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group. It was a revision of the first APG system, published in 1998, and was superseded in 2009...
places the plants involved (and many others) in the order Poales
Poales
Poales is a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, and sedges. Sixteen plant families are currently recognized by botanists to be part of Poales....
. Other names for the order including the grass family are Glumiflorae
Glumiflorae
Glumiflorae is a descriptive botanical name. It was used in the Wettstein system for an order of flowering plants. The order consisted of one family only:* order Glumiflorae*: family Gramineae...
and Graminales.