Cyperochloeae is a small tribe of grasses in the Panicoideae subfamily, found in Australia. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only two species in two monotypic genera, Cyperochloa and Spartochloa.[1] They use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.[2]
Cyperochloeae | |
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Spartochloa scirpoidea | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Clade: | PACMAD clade |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Tribe: | Cyperochloeae L. Watson & Dallwitz ex Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2010) |
Genera | |
Synonyms | |
Cyperochloeae L. Watson & Dallwitz (1992, nom. nud.) |