Scientific study of the grasses
Mary Agnes Chase studying grass specimens, around 1960Agrostology (fromGreek ἄγρωστις agrōstis , "type of grass"; and-λογία -logia graminology , is the scientific study of thegrasses (the familyPoaceae , or Gramineae). The grasslike species of the sedge family (Cyperaceae ), the rush family (Juncaceae ), and the bulrush or cattail family (Typhaceae ) are often included with the true grasses in the category ofgraminoid , although strictly speaking these are not included within the study of agrostology. In contrast to the word graminoid, the wordsgramineous andgraminaceous Poaceae )".
Agrostology has importance in the maintenance of wild and grazedgrasslands ,agriculture (crop plants such asrice ,maize ,sugarcane , andwheat are grasses, and many types of animalfodder are grasses), urban and environmentalhorticulture , turfgrass management andsod production,ecology , andconservation .
Notable agrostologists [ edit ] Botanists that made important contributions to agrostology include: Norman Loftus Bor , In 1962 theLinnean Society awarded him their gold medal, the highest recognition a botanist can receiveJean Bosser , the plantEuphorbia bosseri was named after herAimée Antoinette Camus Mary Agnes Chase , named 667 speciesWilliam Derek Clayton , specialized inHyparrhenia Thomas Arthur Cope Eduard Hackel , The genusHackelochloa A. S. Hitchcock , edited and distributed twoexsiccatae , namelyPlants of Kansas andAmerican grasses [ 1] Joseph Dalton Hooker , There are number (at least 30) of plants with specific name hookeri and hookeriana Many of them are named in honor of Joseph Dalton Hooker. IncludingBanksia hookeriana ,Grevillea hookeriana ,Iris hookeriana ,Polygonatum hookeri ,Tainia hookeriana an orchid species inSouthern Taiwan . andSarcococca hookeriana , others include land snailNotodiscus hookeri andPhocarctos hookeri Charles Edward Hubbard , was considered "the world authority on the classification and recognition of grasses" in his time.[ 2] Robert B. Shaw Otto Stapf , wrote on the Graminae inWilliam Turner Thiselton Dyer 's edition of theFlora capensis (1898–1900) and publishedStapfiella flowering plants from Tropical Africa belonging to the familyPassifloraceae and named in his honour.[ 3] Ernst Gottlieb von Steudel George Vasey , granted an honoraryM.A. in 1864 fromIllinois Wesleyan University . In 1869 he was made a fellow of theAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science , and in 1892, of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences ; that same year he was representative to the 1892International Botanical Congress inGenoa , where he was a vice-president.Jan-Frits Veldkar[ 4]
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