Graminid clade

Not to be confused with graminoid, a morphological category of plants with grass-like appearance.

The graminid clade is a clade of plants in the order Poales uniting four families, of which the grasses (Poaceae) are the most species-rich. Its sister group is the restiid clade.^[1]

	Restiid clade
Graminid clade	Flagellariaceae Poaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Joinvilleaceae

Graminid clade Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Recent[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Clade:	Graminid clade
Families
Joinvilleaceae Ecdeiocoleaceae Flagellariaceae Poaceae
Diversity
ca. 12,000 species