Poales
Introduction
Poaceae is a peculiar family. It is one of the biggest and most ubiquitous families but it is very little used in homeopathy. On top of that they are not the kind of people who go to homeopaths very much, as they are generally quite healthy and attracted to normal things, and regular medicine. They are more straightforward, like farmers, living a healthy life in the countryside.
Taxonomy
In the Apg classification Poales is member of the Superorder Commelinoids. There Poales contains many families, with Poaceae as far the biggest. Poaceae is the fifth-largest plant family after Asteraceae, Orchidaceae, Fabaceae and Rubiaceae.
In the fist version of the Plant theory Poales were split in 3 parts: Poaceae, Cyperaceae and Bromeliaceae and placed in subphase 2, 1 and 7 respectively. This was out of balance when one looks at the amount of genera and species. It was as if a totality was pressed in a few small corners.
In the new version of the Plant theory Poales is placed in a Phase and split into 7 Families and Subfamilies. Poaceae is split in 4 Subfamilies: Panicoideae, Bambusoideae, Pooideae and Chloridoideae. The early diverging Families of Typhaceae and Bromeliaceae are left in Arecales in Phase 4.
This change leaves some things intact. For instance the original Subphase 2 is replaced by Phase 2. The best known Subfamily, Panicoideae, is in Subphase 4 which resembles the original Phase 4.
Subphases
1. Juncaceae
2. Cyperaceae
3. Restionaceae
4. Panicoideae
5. Bambusoideae
6. Pooideae
7. Chloridoideae