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Poales
Poales
Translingual
Proper noun
Poales
- A taxonomic order within the clade commelinids – the bromeliads, grasses, restios, rushes, and sedges etc. formerly a subclass within Commelinidae.
Synonyms
- (order): Avenales, Bromeliales, Centrolepidales, Cyperales, Eriocaulales, Flagellariales, Glumiflorae, Graminales, Juncales, Mayacales, Rapateales, Restionales, Typhales, Xyridales - orders
Hypernyms
- (order): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades
Hyponyms
- (order): Anarthriaceae (now Anarthrioideae in Restionaceae), Bromeliaceae, Centrolepidaceae (now Centrolepidoideae in Restionaceae), Cyperaceae, Ecdeiocoleaceae, Eriocaulaceae, Flagellariaceae, Hydatellaceae, Joinvilleaceae, Juncaceae, Mayacaceae, Poaceae, Rapateaceae, Restionaceae, Thurniaceae, Typhaceae (syn. Sparganiaceae), Xyridaceae - families