Millets are a highly varied group of small-seeded grasses, widely grown around the world as cereal crops or grains for fodder and human food. Most species generally referred to as millets belong to the tribe Paniceae.
Pearl millet in the field
Finger millet in the field
Ripe head of proso millet
Sprouting millet plants
Poaceae or Gramineae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and pasture. The latter are commonly referred to collectively as grass.
Poaceae
Grass flowers
Drawing of Anomochloa marantoidea, one of the most primitive living grass species
Setaria verticillata from Panicoideae