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Triraphideae

Triraphideae is a small tribe of tropical grasses, containing about 15 species in three or four genera. Like most of the subfamily Chloridoideae, species in the tribe use the C4 photosynthetic pathway.

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Triraphideae
Triraphis mollis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Clade: PACMAD clade
Subfamily: Chloridoideae
Tribe: Triraphideae
P.M. Peterson (2010)
Genera

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Synonyms1

Triraphidinae Stapf (1917)

Triraphideae is a small tribe of tropical grasses, containing about 15 species in three or four genera. Like most of the subfamily Chloridoideae, species in the tribe use the C4 photosynthetic pathway.1

Genera

Three genera were included in a 2015 classification of the Poaceae:1

As of April 2024, GRIN Taxonomy included a fourth genus:2

References

References

  1. 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. hdl:11336/25248. ISSN 1674-4918. Open access icon
  2. "Gen. Nematopoa C. E. Hubb". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2024-04-19.

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