Eragrostideae

Eragrostideae
Eragrostis cilianensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Eragrostideae
Stapf (1898)
Genera

14 genera, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • supertribe Eragrostodae L. Liu (1980)
  • Unioleae Roshev. ex C.S. Campb. (1985)

Eragrostideae is a tribe of grasses in subfamily Chloridoideae. It contains roughly 500 species, which all use the C4 photosynthetic pathway.

The 14 genera are classified in three subtribes:[1]

Cotteinae Reeder (1965) Unioliinae Clayton (1982) Eragrostidinae J. Presl (1830)
  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference SorengPeterson2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).