Panicoideae

Panicoideae
	Miscanthus sinensis in Tonomine Highlands, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	PACMAD clade
Subfamily:	Panicoideae; A.Braun (1864)
Tribes
	12 tribes, see text
Synonyms
	Andropogonoideae Rouy (1913); Centothecoideae Soderst. (1981); Andropogineae Burmeist. (1837, unranked); Paniceae Burmeist. (1837, unranked); Paniceae Link (1827, unranked); Rottboëllaceae Burmeist. (1837, unranked);

Panicoideae is the second-largest subfamily of the grasses with over 3,500 species, mainly distributed in warm temperate and tropical regions.^[1] It comprises some important agricultural crops, including sugarcane, maize (or corn), sorghum, and switchgrass.

C₄ photosynthesis evolved independently a number of times in the subfamily, which presumably had a C₃ ancestor.^[2]

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Panicoideae

Miscanthus sinensis in Tonomine Highlands, Japan
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	PACMAD clade
Subfamily:	Panicoideae A.Braun (1864)
Tribes
12 tribes, see text
Synonyms^[1]
Andropogonoideae Rouy (1913) Centothecoideae Soderst. (1981) Andropogineae Burmeist. (1837, unranked) Paniceae Burmeist. (1837, unranked) Paniceae Link (1827, unranked) Rottboëllaceae Burmeist. (1837, unranked)