Chasmanthieae | |
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Woodoats ( Chasmanthium latifolium) | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Clade: | PACMAD clade |
Subfamily: | Panicoideae |
Tribe: |
Chasmanthieae W.V. Br. & B.N. Smith ex Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2010) |
Genera | |
Chasmanthieae is a small tribe of grasses in the subfamily Panicoideae. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only seven species in two genera, Bromuniola with one species in Africa and Chasmanthium from North America. [1] They all use the C3 photosynthetic pathway. [2]