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Poales
Order · Monocots
Poales
Families
14
Accepted species
25,259
sum of its families · Kew WCVP
Genera
1,111
accepted genera · Kew WCVP
Origin
≈101 Ma
Cretaceous · crown age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree
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Families in Poales
Poaceae
Grasses — wheat, rice, corn, bamboo
12,484
Cyperaceae
Sedges, papyrus
6,073
Bromeliaceae
Bromeliads, pineapple
3,787
Eriocaulaceae
Pipeworts
1,225
Restionaceae
Cape reeds
554
Juncaceae
Rushes
535
Xyridaceae
Yellow-eyed grasses
410
Rapateaceae
97
Typhaceae
Cattails, bur-reeds
74
Mayacaceae
Bog mosses
5
Flagellariaceae
False rattan
5
Thurniaceae
4
Joinvilleaceae
Ohe
3
Ecdeiocoleaceae
3