Triraphideae | |
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Triraphis mollis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Clade: | Commelinids |
Order: | Poales |
Family: | Poaceae |
Clade: | PACMAD clade |
Subfamily: | Chloridoideae |
Tribe: | Triraphideae P.M. Peterson (2010) |
Genera | |
See text. | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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]