Poales

{{Short description|Order of monocotyledonous flowering plants}}  {{Automatic taxobox |fossil_range = Late Cretaceous - Recent (but see text) {{fossilrange|{{period start|Paleogene}}|0|earliest=115}} |image = Zboże.jpg |image_caption = Common wheat (''Triticum aestivum'') |taxon = Poales |authority = Small<ref name=APGIII2009>{{Cite journal |last=Angiosperm Phylogeny Group |year=2009 |title=An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III |journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society |volume=161 |issue=2 |pages=105–121 |doi=10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00996.x |doi-access=free |hdl=10654/18083 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> |subdivision_ranks = Families |subdivision = See text |diversity = Over 23,700 species in about 1,017 genera.<ref>{{cite journal | last1=Christenhusz | first1=Maarten J.M. | last2=Byng | first2=James W. | title=The number of known plants species in the world and its annual increase | journal=Phytotaxa | date=2016 | volume=261 | issue=3 | page=201 | doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.261.3.1 | bibcode=2016Phytx.261..201C }}</ref> }}

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.<ref name = Wang/>

==Description== [[File:Billbergia pyramidalis in Hyderabad Nursery W IMG 0425.jpg|thumb|190px|''Billbergia pyramidalis'' of family Bromeliaceae]] The flowers are typically small, enclosed by bracts, and arranged in inflorescences (except in three species of the genus ''Mayaca'', which possess very reduced, one-flowered inflorescences). The flowers of many species are wind pollinated; the seeds usually contain starch.

==Taxonomy== The APG IV system (2016) accepts the order within a monocot clade called commelinids, with 14 families.<ref name = Wang>{{cite journal | last1=Wang | first1=Huijun | last2=Wu | first2=Zhigang | last3=Li | first3=Tao | last4=Zhao | first4=Jindong | title=Phylogenomics resolves the backbone of Poales and identifies signals of hybridization and polyploidy | journal=Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | date=2024 | volume=200 | article-number=108184 | doi=10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108184 | pmid=39209045 | bibcode=2024MolPE.20008184W }}</ref> {{Columns-list|colwidth=15em| *Bromeliaceae (Bromeliads) *Cyperaceae (Sedges) *Ecdeiocoleaceae *Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) *Flagellariaceae *Joinvilleaceae *Juncaceae (Rushes) *Mayacaceae *Poaceae (Grasses, Bamboo, Reeds) *Rapateaceae *Restionaceae (Restiads, Restios, includes Anarthriaceae and Centrolepidaceae) *Thurniaceae *Typhaceae (Cattails) *Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed grass family) }}

The APG III system (2009) recognized Anarthriaceae and Centrolepidaceae as separate families, which APG IV includes in Restionaceae.<ref name = Wang/> The first APG system (1998) adopted the same placement of the order, although it used the spelling "commelinoids". It did not include the Bromeliaceae and Mayaceae, but had the additional families Prioniaceae (now included in Thurniaceae), Sparganiaceae (now in Typhaceae), and Hydatellaceae (now transferred out of the monocots; recently discovered to be an 'early-diverging' lineage of flowering plants).

The morphology-based Cronquist system did not include an order named Poales, assigning these families to the orders Bromeliales, Cyperales, Hydatellales, Juncales, Restionales and Typhales.

In early systems, an order including the grass family did not go by the name Poales but by a descriptive botanical name such as Graminales in the Engler system (update of 1964) and in the Hutchinson system (first edition, first volume, 1926), Glumiflorae in the Wettstein system (last revised 1935) or Glumaceae in the Bentham & Hooker system (third volume, 1883).

===Evolution and phylogeny=== The earliest fossils attributed to the Poales date to the late Cretaceous period about {{period start|Paleogene}} million years ago, though some studies (e.g., Bremer, 2002) suggest the origin of the group may extend to nearly 115 million years ago, likely in South America. The earliest known fossils include pollen and fruits.

The phylogenetic position of Poales within the commelinids was difficult to resolve, but an analysis using complete chloroplast DNA found support for Poales as sister group of Commelinales plus Zingiberales.<ref name="BarrettBaker2015">{{cite journal|last1=Barrett|first1=Craig F.|last2=Baker|first2=William J.|last3=Comer|first3=Jason R.|last4=Conran|first4=John G.|last5=Lahmeyer|first5=Sean C.|last6=Leebens-Mack|first6=James H.|last7=Li|first7=Jeff|last8=Lim|first8=Gwynne S.|last9=Mayfield-Jones|first9=Dustin R.|last10=Perez|first10=Leticia|last11=Medina|first11=Jesus|last12=Pires|first12=J. Chris|last13=Santos|first13=Cristian|last14=Wm. Stevenson|first14=Dennis|last15=Zomlefer|first15=Wendy B.|last16=Davis|first16=Jerrold I.|title=Plastid genomes reveal support for deep phylogenetic relationships and extensive rate variation among palms and other commelinid monocots|journal=New Phytologist|year=2015|pages=855–870|issn=0028-646X|doi=10.1111/nph.13617|volume=209|issue=2|pmid=26350789|doi-access=free}}</ref> Major lineages within the Poales have been referred to as bromeliad, cyperid, xyrid, graminid, and restiid clades. A phylogenetic analysis resolved most relationships within the order but found weak support for the monophyly of the cyperid clade.<ref name="Bouchenak-KhelladiMuasya2014">{{cite journal|last1=Bouchenak-Khelladi|first1=Yanis|last2=Muasya|first2=A. Muthama|last3=Linder|first3=H. Peter|title=A revised evolutionary history of Poales: origins and diversification|journal=Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=175|issue=1|year=2014|pages=4–16|issn=0024-4074|doi=10.1111/boj.12160|doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> The relationship between Centrolepidaceae and Restoniaceae within the restiid clade remains unclear; the first may actually be embedded in the latter.<ref name="Bouchenak-KhelladiMuasya2014"/><ref name="BriggsMarchant2014">{{cite journal|last1=Briggs|first1=Barbara G.|last2=Marchant|first2=Adam D.|last3=Perkins|first3=Andrew J.|title=Phylogeny of the restiid clade (Poales) and implications for the classification of Anarthriaceae, Centrolepidaceae and Australian Restionaceae|journal=Taxon|volume=63|issue=1|year=2014|pages=24–46|issn=0040-0262|doi=10.12705/631.1|bibcode=2014Taxon..63...24B }}</ref>

{{clade|style=font-size:90%;line-height:75%;width:600px; |1={{clade |1=Commelinales |2=Zingiberales }} |label2='''Poales''' |2={{clade |label1=Bromeliad clade |1={{clade |1=Bromeliaceae |2=Typhaceae }} |2={{clade |1={{clade |label1=Cyperid clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=Mayacaceae |2=Rapateaceae }} |2={{clade |1=Thurniaceae |2={{clade |1=Cyperaceae |2=Juncaceae }} }} }} |2={{clade |label1=Xyrid clade |1={{clade |1=Eriocaulaceae |2=Xyridaceae }} |2={{clade |label1=Graminid clade |1={{clade |1=Flagellariaceae |2={{clade |1=Poaceae |2={{clade |1=Ecdeiocoleaceae |2=Joinvilleaceae }} }} }} |label2=Restiid clade |2={{clade |1=Anarthriaceae |2={{clade |1=Centrolepidaceae|state1=dashed |2=Restionaceae|state2=dashed }} }} }} }} }} }} }} }}

===Diversity=== The four most species-rich families in the order are:<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Elliott |first1=Tammy L. |language=en |biorxiv=10.1101/2023.09.14.557735 |last2=Spalink |first2=Daniel |last3=Larridon |first3=Isabel |last4=Zuntini |first4=Alexandre Rizzo |last5=Escudero |first5=Marcial |last6=Hackel |first6=Jan |last7=Barrett |first7=Russell L. |last8=Martín-Bravo |first8=Santiago |last9=Márquez-Corro |first9=José Ignacio |title=Global analysis of Poales diversification – parallel evolution in space and time into open and closed habitats |journal=New Phytologist |date=2024 |volume=242 |issue=2 |pages=727–743 |doi=10.1111/nph.19421 |pmid=38009920 |pmc=11497318 |bibcode=2024NewPh.242..727E }}</ref> * Poaceae: 12,070 species * Cyperaceae: 5,500 species * Bromeliaceae: 3,170 species * Eriocaulaceae: 1,150 species <gallery mode=packed caption="Diversity of Poales"> File:Typha_latifolia_Finland.jpg|alt=Typha inflorescence|''Typha latifolia'', Typhaceae File:Carex demissa detail.jpeg|alt=Carex demissa inflorescence|''Carex demissa'', Cyperaceae File:N Xyrc D9741.JPG|alt=Xyris deplanata flower|''Xyris complanata'', Xyridaceae File:Elegia capensis CHCH 2.JPG|alt=Elegia capensis stand|''Elegia capensis'', Restionaceae File:Japanese_Foxtail_millet_02.jpg|alt=Unripe millet panicles|Foxtail millet, Poaceae </gallery>

==Historic taxonomy== ===Cyperales=== [[File:Cyperus javanicus closeup.jpg|thumb|''Cyperus javanicus'']] '''Cyperales''' was a name for an order of flowering plants. As used in the Engler system (update, of 1964) and in the Wettstein system it consisted of only the single family. In the Cronquist system it is used for an order (placed in subclass ''Commelinidae'') and circumscribed as (1981):<ref>D.J. Mabberley. 2000. The Plant-Book, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 858 p. [H. Pfefferkorn/H. Pfefferkorn/H. Pfefferkorn]</ref>

* order ''Cyperales'' *: family ''Cyperaceae'' *: family ''Poaceae'' (or ''Gramineae'')

The APG system now assigns the plants involved to the order ''Poales''.

===Eriocaulales=== [[File:Eriocaulon decangulare (1832).jpg|thumb|''Eriocaulon decangulare'']]

'''Eriocaulales''' is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. The name was published by Takenoshin Nakai. In the Cronquist system the name was used for an order placed in the subclass ''Commelinidae''. The order consisted of one family only (1981):

* order Eriocaulales ** family Eriocaulaceae

The APG IV system now assigns these plants to the order ''Poales''.

==Uses== {{Unreferenced section|date=March 2019}} The Poales are the most economically important order of monocots and possibly the most important order of plants in general. Within the order, by far the most important family economically is the family of grasses (Poaceae, syn. Gramineae), which includes the starch staples barley, maize, millet, rice, and wheat as well as bamboos (mostly used structurally, like wood, but somewhat as vegetables), and a few "seasonings" like sugarcane and lemongrass. Graminoids, especially the grasses, are typically dominant in open (low moisture but not yet arid, or also fire climax) habitats like prairie/steppe and savannah and thus form a large proportion of the forage of grazing livestock. Possibly due to pastoral nostalgia or simply a desire for open areas for play, they dominate most Western yards as lawns, which consume vast sums of money in upkeep (artificial grazing—mowing—for aesthetics and to keep the allergenic flowers suppressed, irrigation, and fertilizer). Many Bromeliaceae are used as ornamental plants (and one, the pineapple, is internationally grown in the tropics for fruit). Many wetland species of sedges, rushes, grasses, and cattails are important habitat plants for waterfowl, are used in weaving chair seats, and (especially cattails) were important pre-agricultural food sources for humans. Two sedges, chufa (''Cyperus esculentus'', also a significant weed) and water chestnut (''Eleocharis dulcis'') are still at least locally important wetland starchy root crops.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite journal | last1 = Bremer | first1 = K | year = 2002 | title = Gondwanan Evolution of the Grass Alliance of Families (Poales) | journal = Evolution | volume = 56 | issue = 7| pages = 1374–1387 | doi=10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01451.x | pmid = 12206239| doi-access = free }} * Judd, W. S., C. S. Campbell, E. A. Kellogg, P. F. Stevens, M. J. Donoghue (2002). ''Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 2nd edition.'' pp. 276–292 (Poales). Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, Massachusetts. {{ISBN|0-87893-403-0}} . * {{cite journal | last1 = Linder | first1 = H. Peter | last2 = Rudall | first2 = Paula J. | year = 2005 | title = Evolutionary History of the Poales | journal = Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics | volume = 36 | pages = 107–124 | doi=10.1146/annurev.ecolsys.36.102403.135635}} * Small, J. K. (1903). ''Flora of the Southeastern United States'', 48. New York, United States

==External links== * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Wikispecies-inline}} * [http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb/orders/Poalesweb.htm#Poales APWeb]

Category:Poales Category:Angiosperm orders Category:Extant Maastrichtian first appearances