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Andropogoneae

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Kingdom
  
Subfamily
  
Scientific name
  
Andropogoneae

Rank
  
Tribe

Family
  
Supertribe
  
Andropogonodae

Higher classification
  
Panicoideae

Order
  
Andropogoneae Andropogoneae Rangeland Ecology And Management 3620 with Busby at

Lower classifications
  
Maize, Saccharum, Saccharum officinarum, Schizachyrium, Trachypogon

The Andropogoneae, sometimes called the sorghum tribe, are a large tribe of grasses (family Poaceae) with roughly 1,200 species in 90 genera, mainly distributed in tropical and subtropical areas. They include such important crops as maize (corn), sugarcane, and sorghum. All species in this tribe use C4 carbon fixation, which makes them competitive under warm, high-light conditions.

Andropogoneae Andropogoneae corn lemongrass and sorghum

Andropogoneae is classified in supertribe Andropogonodae together with its sister group Arundinelleae. Subdivisions include 12 subtribes, but the position of several genera within them is still unresolved (incertae sedis). Hybridisation was probably important in the evolution of the Andropogoneae, and the tribe's systematics is still not completely resolved.

Andropogoneae Grass Panicoideae Andropogoneae
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Andropogoneae Andropogoneae Wikispecies

Andropogoneae Grass Panicoideae Andropogoneae

References

Andropogoneae Wikipedia


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