The Puelioideae is a
subfamily of the true grass
family
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Poaceae with two genera, ''
Guaduella'' and ''
Puelia'', each in its own
tribe
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.
[ ] Its members grow in the understory of
rainforest
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s.
This subfamily is one of the earliest-diverging grass lineages,
sister to the big
BOP and
PACMAD clades:
[ ]
References
Poaceae subfamilies
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