Abstract：Abstract: Due to the immense ecological and economic significance of grasses (Poaceae), the morphology, anatomy and systematics of these plants are most important content in botany textbooks. However, partly due to the textbooks, wrong translation of the English word “grass” and a misunderstanding about dumbbell-shaped guard cells are common. In addition, there are also some questionable issues in the textbooks. For example, protoxylem lacunae of grass stems are called as air space, whereas the lacunae, in fact, are filled with water; the structure of vascular bundle sheath in the grass stem is not clearly defined; and there is some confusion in grass inflorescence types and spikelet structure. It is hoped to improve the content of the family Poaceae in the future textbooks.
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黎维平. 关于禾本科的一些误解——植物学教材质疑(八)[J]. 生命科学研究, 2022, 26(3): 276-282.
LI Wei-ping. Some Misunderstandings about Family Poaceae
Questioning Botany Textbooks (Ⅷ). Life Science Research, 2022, 26(3): 276-282.
