Eriachneae is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide usage of the term in English language, English is in the discipline of anthropology. This definition is contested, in p ...
of
grasses
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
in subfamily
Micrairoideae
Micrairoideae is a subfamily of the grass family Poaceae, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Within the PACMAD clade, it is sister to subfamily Arundinoideae.
It includes roughly 190 species in nine genera. A phylogenetic classific ...
, with 50 species in two genera.
[ ] Species in the tribe use the
C4 photosynthetic pathway and are distributed mainly in Australasia, reaching into Asia and Micronesia.
Genera
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Eriachne
''Eriachne'' (common name Wanderrie grass) is a genus of plants in the grass family. Most of the species are found only in Australia, with the ranges of a few extending northward into New Guinea, parts of Asia, and Micronesia.
It is found in are ...
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Pheidochloa
''Pheidochloa'' is a genus of Australian and Papuasian plants in the grass family.
;Species
*'' Pheidochloa gracilis'' S.T.Blake - New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
*'' Pheidochloa vulpioides'' Veldkamp - New Guine ...
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References
Micrairoideae
Grasses of Asia
Grasses of Oceania
Poaceae tribes
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