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World J Methodol. Mar 26, 2014; 4(1): 26-45
Published online Mar 26, 2014. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v4.i1.26
Table 3 Grasses (Poaceae family) which are sources of the most allergenic pollen grains[31,32,47]
SubfamilyTribeSpecies (common names)
PooideaePoeaePhleum pratense (Timothy grass, Herd's grass, meadow cat's-tail) Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) Dactylis glomerata (orchard grass or cock’s foot grass) Poa pratensis (smooth meadow grass or bluegrass) Anthoxanthum odoratum (sweet vernal grass) Festuca pratensis syn. F. elatior (meadow fescue) Holcus lanatus (velvet grass or Yorkshire fog) Agrostis capillaris syn. A. tenuis or A. vulgaris (bent grass) Arrhenatherum elatius syn. Helictotrichon elatius (tall oat grass) Avena fatua (wild oat) Avena sativa (cultivated oat)
TriticeaeHordeum vulgare (barley) Secale cereale (rye) Triticum aestivum ssp. vulgare (cultivated bread wheat)
BromeaeBromus inermis (smooth brome)
ChloridoideaeCynodonteaeCynodon dactylon (Bermuda grass, Bahama grass, Devil grass)
PanicoideaeAndropogoneaeSorghum halepense (Johnson grass)
PaniceaePaspalum notatum (Bahia grass)