Angiospermae - Poales - Poaceae
Parent taxon: Gramineae according to F. H. Knowlton 1919
See also Andrews 1970 and Srivastava 1991
Sister taxa: Actinocladum, Bambusa, Bambusoideae, Cerealia, Chrysochloa, Culmites, Elymus, Eragrosites, Glycerioxylon, Graminocarpon, Greeneochloa, Hubbardia, Hygrorhizos, Iseilema, Lepturus, Lygeum, Monoporopollenites, Neostapfia, Ophiuros, Palaeozea, Sohnsia, Tridens, Walwhalleya, Zea, Zotovia, Oryzopsis, Festuca, Muhlenbergia, Palaeoavena, Graminophyllum, Berriochloa, Palaeophragmites, Phragmites, Triticum, Oryza, Rhizocaulon, Bromus, Stipidium, Panicum, Phalaris, Humbertochloa, Arundinaria, Andropogon, Graminites, Saccharum, Sorghum, Chaetochloa, Leptaspis, Paleoeriocoma, Bambusites, Stipa, Phyllostachys, Glumophyllum, Setaria, Palaeopyrum, Pennisetum
Subtaxa: Poacites cocoina Poacites firmus Poacites jeulini Poacites laevis Poacites mengeanus Poacites minor Poacites muricata Poacites rajaoriensis Poacites sivalicus Poacites tenuestriatus
Type: Poacites firmus
Ecology: "photoautotroph"
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Ecuador (1 collection), India (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1), Ecuador (1), Germany (1), India (3), Pakistan (1), United States (1: Montana), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)
• Eocene of Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), India (1)
• Tertiary of the Dominican Republic (1)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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