Eragrostideae

Eragrostideae
	Eragrostis cilianensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Eragrostideae; Stapf (1898)
Genera
	14 genera, see text
Synonyms
	supertribe Eragrostodae L. Liu (1980); Unioleae Roshev. ex C.S. Campb. (1985);

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:

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)

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