Talk:Poaceae
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I always hate to be contrary, but why did you (UtherSRG) reformat the taxobox in a way that is inconsistent with all the other taxoboxes at Wikipedia and call it an "update" ? The format you used is (IMHO) not at all an improvement and can cause difficulty to follow in many situation since you are essentially removing centering from the title boxes and centering the text/list boxes. This approach will not work without considerable effort on taxoboxes with long or complex listings of taxa. Also, it is generally standard practice to center things like titles and pictures and not center following text; or not center anything. - Marshman 18:48, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)
Is it true that the grasses grow from the bottom, while other plants grow from the top? AxelBoldt 09:08, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
- Grasses have intercalary meristems in their leaves and culms that produce new tissues at the base of blades or internodes.--Curtis Clark 01:07, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] Merge species list with article
I would like to merge the species list of Poaceae inside the taxobox of this article...Qwertzy2
[edit] Evolution
This article needs to contain information about when, where and how grass appeared.
[edit] Lawn grass
What type of grass is found in parks and lawns? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kisch (talk • contribs) .
- It depends on what part of the world you are talking about. Many different species are used.--Curtis Clark 14:40, 10 May 2006 (UTC)
All of them I guess - I think the 'cultivation and use' section should deal with uses other than for food, but I know nothing about it. Kisch
- Done.--Curtis Clark 03:37, 17 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Cereals, corn(s), maize
Would someone familiar with the details of both American and British English please explicate the typically confusing differences in terminology.
Is "corn" a British equivalent to "cereal"? Make "maize" into "maize (American English corn). Where does the word "grain" stand in relation to "corn"/"cereal".
[edit] Cultivation and uses
Edit conflict!
I'm having trouble with grains being described in "northern Asia" (formerly "northern Eurasia") as I don't think of Siberia as a major wheat belt. Perhaps "Europe and western Asia" would be clearer.
In general I was having problems with the geographical descriptions -- one crop per region -- as of course today the US for example produces everything. I tried to alter that to "Historically..." but got overridden.
Perhaps something like "primary" or "leading" crops would clarify that.
[edit] Diagrams
I dissected a wheat spike and made the three pictures Spica_spiculae.pgn, Anatomia.png and Spicula_dissecta.png that are in the Commons. They were SVGs, but I couldn't upload them properly and so I converted them to PNGs. I think that a more detailed desciption of the peculiar flower/fruit of Poaceae would be very useful, especially if presented with pictures of a real spike (not schemes). I could do it, but unfortunately I don't know the nomenclature in the english language (and so I cannot even translate the notes in the images), can someone help me? i need to know:
- The name of the two bracts that protect the spiklets (in italian called glume)
- The name of each of the two bracts protecting each flower, internal and esternal (in italian called glumetta interna and glumetta esterna)
Have a look at the pictures, any help is welcome. Aelwyn 17:15, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
Done. No pain, no gain. Aelwyn 10:26, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Confusing lead
What are "true grasses"? Please cleanup. FrummerThanThou 04:07, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zeaceae?
Has anyone heard that the genus Zea was moved to Zaeceae? I was told this, but I'm having trouble confirming it. All accounts of Zaeceae that I can find show it as a synonym for Poaceae. ++ Arx Fortis 21:15, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
