Pooideae

Pooideae
Quaking grass (Briza media)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: BOP clade
Subfamily: Pooideae
Subdivisions

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The Pooideae are the largest subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, with about 4,000 species in 15 tribes and roughly 200 genera. They include some major cereals such as wheat, barley, oat, rye and many lawn and pasture grasses. They are often referred to as cool-season grasses, because they are distributed in temperate climates.[1] All of them use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.

The Pooideae are the sister group of the bamboos within the BOP clade, and are themselves subdivided into 15 tribes.[1]

Phylogeny

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Relationships of tribes in the Pooideae according to a 2017 phylogenetic classification, also showing the bamboos as sister group:[1]

bamboos (Bambusoideae)

Pooideae

Brachyelytreae

Nardodae
Melicodae
Stipodae

Diarrheneae

"core Pooideae"

Brachypodieae

Triticodae
Poodae
Poeae
chloroplast group 1

Torreyochloinae

Phalaridinae

Anthoxanthinae

Aveninae

Agrostidinae

Brizinae

Echinopogoninae

Agrostideae

Calothecinae

(Aveninae type)
chloroplast group 2

Coleanthinae

Poodinae

Miliinae

Poinae

Phleinae

Beckmanniinae

Cinninae

Alopecurinae

Ventenatinae

Sesleriinae

Holcinae

Scolochloinae

Airinae

Aristaveninae

Loliodinae

Loliinae

Dactylidinae

Cynosurinae

Parapholiinae

Ammochloinae

(Poinae type)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Teisher, Jordan K.; Clark, Lynn G.; Barberá, Patricia; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Zuloaga, Fernando O. (2017). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 55 (4): 259–290. doi:10.1111/jse.12262. hdl:10261/240149. ISSN 1674-4918. Open access icon
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