Panicoideae

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Panicoideae
Axonopus compressus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Subdivisions

See text.

Echinochloa colona (Jungle Rice) from Tribe Paniceae

Panicoideae is a subfamily of the true grass family. It probably constitutes two well-distinct lineages, the Andropogonodae and the Panicodae, which are further subdivided into tribes and subtribes. Species of utmost agricultural imprortance belonging to this group is maize (Zea).

[edit] Group 1: Panicodae

Tribe Isachneae

Tribe Neurachneae

Tribe Arundinelleae

Tribe Paniceae

[edit] Group 2: Andropogonodae

Tribe Andropogoneae

Subtribe Andropogoninae

Subtribe Rottboelliinae

Tribe Maydeae

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