Paniceae
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Paniceae is a large tribe of the subfamily Panicoideae in the grasses (Poaceae), the only in the monotypic supertribe Panicodae. It includes roughly 1,500 species in 84 genera, primarily found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Paniceae includes species using either of the C4 and C3 photosynthetic pathways, as well as presumably intermediate species. Most of the millets are members of tribe Paniceae.
The tribe is subdivided into seven subtribes, but some genera are as yet unplaced (incertae sedis). Species in the Paniceae have an ancestral chromosome number (monoploid number) of x = 9, while species with x = 10 formerly included are now recognised as separate tribe, Paspaleae.
Subtribes and genera
Subdivisions:
incertae sedis
- Homopholis
- Hydrothauma
- Hylebates
- Kellochloa
- Oryzidium
- Pseudolasiacis
- Sacciolepis
- Thedachloa
- Trichanthecium
- Walwhalleya
Anthephorinae
- Anthephora
- Chaetopoa
- Chlorocalymma
- Digitaria (synonym Megaloprotachne)
- Taeniorhachis
- Tarigidia
- Thyridachne
- Trachys
Boivinellinae
- Acroceras (synonym Setiacis)
- Alloteropsis
- Amphicarpum
- Chasechloa
- Cyphochlaena
- Cyrtococcum
- Echinochloa
- Entolasia
- Lasiacis
- Mayariochloa
- Microcalamus
- Morronea
- Oplismenus
- Ottochloa
- Parodiophyllochloa
- Poecilostachys (synonym Chloachne)
- Pseudechinolaena
Cenchrinae
- Acritochaete
- Alexfloydia
- Cenchrus (synonyms Cenchropsis, Echinaria, Kikuyuochloa, Nastus, Odontelytrum, Pennisetum, and Pseudochaetochloa)
- Chamaeraphis
- Dissochondrus
- Holcolemma
- Hygrochloa
- Ixophorus
- Janochloa
- Paractaenum
- Paratheria
- Plagiosetum
- Pseudoraphis
- Setaria (synonyms Camusiella and Paspalidium)
- Setariopsis
- Snowdenia
- Spinifex
- Stenotaphrum
- Stereochlaena
- Streptolophus
- Uranthoecium
- Whiteochloa
- Xerochloa
- Zuloagaea
- Zygochloa
Cleistochloinae
- Calyptochloa C.E.Hubb.
- Cleistochloa C.E.Hubb.
- Cryptachne E.J.Thomps.
- Dimorphochloa S.T.Blake
- Simonachne E.J.Thomps.
Dichantheliinae
Melinidinae
- Batochloa
- Chaetium
- Eccoptocarpha
- Eriochloa
- Megathyrsus
- Melinis (synonyms Mildbraediochloa and Rhynchelytrum)
- Moorochloa
- Rupichloa
- Scutachne
- Thuarea
- Tricholaena
- Urochloa (synonyms Brachiaria, Leucophrys, and Pseudobrachiaria)
- Yvesia
Neurachninae
Panicinae
- Cnidochloa
- Louisiella
- Panicum (synonyms Arthragrostis and Yakirra)
Gallery
- Cenchrus echinatus
- Digitaria sanguinalis
- Echinochloa crus-galli
- Eriochloa procera
- Oplismenus hirtellus undulatifolius
- Oplismenus undulatifolius
- Pennisetum polystachion
- Pennisetum purpureum
- Spinifex longifolius
- Stenotaphrum secundatum (St. Augustine Grass)