Eragrostideae

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Chloridoideae
Tribus: Eragrostideae
Subtribus: Cotteinae – Eragrostidinae – Unioliinae

Genera: Catalepis – Cladoraphis – Cottea – Ectrosia – Enneapogon – Entoplocamia – Eragrostis – Fingerhuthia – Harpachne – Heterachne – Kaokochloa – Pogonarthria – Psammagrostis – Richardsiella – Schmidtia – Steirachne – Stiburus – Tetrachaete – Tetrachne – Uniola

Name

Eragrostideae Stapf in Harv. & Sond. Fl. Cap. 7: 316. (1898)

Typus: Eragrostis Wolf Gen. Pl. 23. (1776)

References

Stapf, O. 1898. Flora Capensis 7: 316.
Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Zuloaga, F.O., Judziewicz, E.J., Filgueiras, T.S., Davis, J.I. & Morrone, O. 2015. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae). Journal of Systematics and Evolution 53(2): 117–137. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12150 Paywall PDF. Reference page.
Soreng, R.J., Peterson, P.M., Romaschenko, K., Davidse, G., Teisher, J.K., Clark, L.G., Barberá, P., Gillespie, L.J. & Zuloaga, F.O. 2017. A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications. Journal of Systematics and Evolution 55(4): 259–290. DOI: 10.1111/jse.12262 Open access ResearchGate Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2013. Eragrostideae. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct. 2013.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Eragrostideae. Published online. Accessed: 3 Oct. 2013.

Eragrostideae is a tribe of grasses in subfamily Chloridoideae. It contains roughly 500 species, which all use the C4 photosynthetic pathway.

The 14 genera are classified in three subtribes:[1]
Cotteinae Reeder (1965) Unioliinae Clayton (1982) Eragrostidinae J. Presl (1830)

Cottea
Enneapogon
Kaokochloa
Schmidtia

Entoplocamia
Fingerhuthia
Tetrachaete
Tetrachne
Uniola (syn. Leptochloopsis)

Cladoraphis
Eragrostis (syn. Acamptoclados, Catalepis, Diandrochloa, Ectrosia, Ectrosiopsis, Harpachne, Heterachne, Neeragrostis, Planichloa, Pogonarthria, Psammagrostis, Viguierella)
Richardsiella
Steirachne
Stiburus (syn. Triphlebia)

References

Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Teisher, Jordan K.; Clark, Lynn G.; Barberá, Patricia; Gillespie, Lynn J.; Zuloaga, Fernando O. (2017). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae) II: An update and a comparison of two 2015 classifications". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 55 (4): 259–290. doi:10.1111/jse.12262. ISSN 1674-4918.