Clades:
Poaceae;
Poales;
Liliidae;
Lilianae;
Angiospermae;
Plants.
TaxonomyChloridoideae is a subfamily in
Poaceae. It has a history of unsettled taxonomic problems at the tribal and generic levels. Phylogenetic relationships within and among its tribes are not well understood. Phylogenetic DNA sequences research shows 3 clades. Clade A comprises the Pappophoreae, Uniolinae, and three genera of Eragrostideae. Clade B includes most representatives of subtribe Sporobolinae, Spartina, Zoysia, and two Eragrostis species. Clade C encompasses the remaining species. The traditional tribes Eragrostideae and Chlorideae appear polyphyletic. The traditional Pappophoreae minus Pappophorum comprise a clade corresponding to the Cotteinae. The Uniolinae, Orcuttieae, and Triodiinae form strongly supported monophyletic entities. Two large genera, Chloris and Eragrostis, do not appear monophyletic. A pattern of segregation of Old World from New World species is evident in several clades. These results provide a framework for further studies at the tribal and generic levels moving toward a comprehensive systematic treatment of the
Chloridoideae.
TaxonomyIn the
Apg3 classification Chloridoideae is a Subfamily of
Poaceae.
In the
Plant theory Chloridoideae is placed in
Subphase 7.
Anarthriaceae: Anarthria, Hopkinsia, Lyginia.Centrolepidaceae: Aphelia, Centrolepis, Gaimardia.
Ecdeiocoleaceae: Ecdeiocolea, Georgeantha.
Flagellariaceae: Flagellaria.
Joinvilleaceae: Joinvillea.
Anomochlooideae: broad-leaved; genera Anomochloa, Streptochaeta.
Pharoideae: genera, including Pharus and Leptaspis
Puelioideae: African genus Puelia.
Ehrhartoideae: including rice and wild rice.
Aristidoideae: including Aristida.
Chloridoideae: including the lovegrasses Eragrostis, dropseeds Sporobolus, finger millet
Eleusine coracana, muhly grasses Muhlenbergia.
Panicoideae, including panic grass, maize, sorghum, sugarcane, most millets, fonio, and bluestem grasses
Micrairoideae
Danthonioideae, including pampas grass.
ChloridoideaeTribes: Centropodieae, Cynodonteae, Eragrostideae, Triraphideae, Zoysieae.
Genera: 140: Acrachne, Aeluropus, Afrotrichloris, Allolepis, Apochiton, Astrebla, Austrochloris, Bewsia, Blepharidachne, Bouteloua, Brachyachne, Brachychloa, Calamovilfa, Catalepis, Centropodia, Chaboissaea, Chloris, Chrysochloa, Cladoraphis, Cleistogenes, Coelachyrum, Cottea, Craspedorhachis, Crypsis, Ctenium, Cynodon, Dactyloctenium, Daknopholis, Dasyochloa, Decaryella, Desmostachya, Dignathia, Dinebra, Diplachne, Distichlis, Ectrosia, Eleusine, Ellisochloa, Enneapogon, Enteropogon, Entoplocamia, Eragrostiella, Eragrostis, Erioneuron, Eustachys, Farrago, Fingerhuthia, Gouinia, Gymnopogon, Habrochloa, Halopyrum, Harpachne, Harpochloa, Heterachne, Hilaria, Hubbardochloa, Indopoa, Jouvea, Kampochloa, Kaokochloa, Leptocarydion, Leptochloa, Leptothrium, Lepturidium, Lepturopetium, Lepturus, Lintonia, Lophacme, Lopholepis, Melanocenchris, Microchloa, Monelytrum, Monodia, Mosdenia, Muhlenbergia, Munroa, Myriostachya, Neesiochloa, Neobouteloua, Neostapfia, Neostapfiella, Neyraudia, Ochthochloa, Odyssea, Orcuttia, Orinus, Oropetium, Oxychloris, Pappophorum, Perotis, Pogonarthria, Pogonochloa, Pogononeura, Polevansia, Pommereulla, Psammagrostis, Pseudozoysia, Psilolemma, Rheochloa, Richardsiella, Saugetia, Schedonnardus, Schmidtia, Schoenefeldia, Sclerodactylon, Scleropogon, Silentvalleya, Sohnsia, Spartina, Sporobolus, Steirachne, Stiburus, Swallenia, Symplectrodia, Tetrachaete, Tetrachne, Tetrapogon, Thellungia, Tragus, Trichloris, Trichoneura, Tridens, Tridentopsis, Trigonochloa, Trikeraia, Triodia, Triplasis, Tripogon, Triraphis, Tuctoria, Uniola, Urochondra, Vaseyochloa, Vietnamochloa, Viguierella, Willkommia, Zoysia, × Cynochloris.