Pooideae
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. 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.
14 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Poeae
tribePoeae
Wheats, ryes, barleys and relatives
tribeTriticeae
Bromeae
tribeBromeae
needlegrasses and allies
tribeStipeae
melic grasses, manna grasses, and relatives
tribeMeliceae
Brachypodieae
tribeBrachypodieae
Brachyelytreae
tribeBrachyelytreae
Nardeae
tribeNardeae
Diarrheneae
tribeDiarrheneae
Ampelodesmeae
tribeAmpelodesmeae
Lygeeae
tribeLygeeae
Phaenospermateae
tribePhaenospermateae
Littledaleeae
tribeLittledaleeae
Brylkinieae
tribeBrylkinieae
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 514989.