Eragrostideae

Eragrostideae

Eragrostis cilianensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae Stapf (1898)
Genera
20 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 20 genera are classified in three subtribes:^[1]

Cotteinae Reeder (1965)	Unioliinae Clayton (1982)	Eragrostidinae J. Presl (1830)
Cottea Enneapogon Kaokochloa Schmidtia	Entoplocamia Fingerhuthia Tetrachaete Tetrachne Uniola	Catalepis Cladoraphis Ectrosia (syn. Ectrosiopsis, Planichloa) Eragrostis (syn. Acamptoclados, Diandrochloa, Neeragrostis) Harpachne Heterachne Pogonarthria Psammagrostis Richardsiella Steirachne Stiburus

References

1 2 Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. ISSN 1674-4918.

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Subfamilies and tribes of the grasses (Poaceae)

early clades

Anomochlooideae	Pharoideae	Puelioideae

Anomochloeae Streptochaeteae	Phareae	Atractocarpeae Guaduellieae

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