Poales Temporal range: Late Cretaceous - Recent (but see text)
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Common wheat (Triticum aestivum) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales Small[1] |
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Diversity | |
Over 23,700 species in about 1,017 genera.[2] |
The Poales are a large order of flowering plants in the monocotyledons, and includes families of plants such as the grasses, bromeliads, rushes and sedges. 14 plant families are currently recognized by botanists to be part of Poales.[3]
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