Micrairoideae

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Micrairoideae
Isachne globosa spikelets
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Micrairoideae
Pilg. (1956)
Tribes

Micrairoideae is a subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions.[1] Within the PACMAD clade, it is sister to subfamily Arundinoideae.[2]

It includes roughly 190 species in nine genera. A phylogenetic classification of the grasses recognises four main lineages, classified as tribes. Only species in tribe Eriachneae (genera Eriachne and Pheidochloa) have evolved the C4 photosynthetic pathway.[3]

Phylogeny

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Relationships of tribes in the Micrairoideae according to a 2017 phylogenetic classification,[4] also showing the Arundinoideae as sister group:

Arundinoideae

Micrairoideae

References

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  • Data related to Micrairoideae at Wikispecies

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