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Order Poales

The Poales is an order of 18 families and around 18,000 species of monocotyledenous flowering plants taking its name from the agriculturally important family Poaceae (grasses: 9700 species) and also including the Bromeliaceae (pineapple / bromeliads: 1400 species), some of which are succulent. The Poales is an ancient group of plants, at least 115 million years old.
 
Flowers are typically small and wind-pollinated often grouped in spikate inflorescences or loose clusters, but may be more showy in a few families including the Bromeliaceae which are culivated for horticultural effect and for fruit Ananas comosus (pineapple).
 
Seeds are generally starchy and those of the Poaceae form the basis of many agricultural economies and must have been among the first plants to be cultivated.

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