Centotheceae

Centotheceae is a small tribe of grasses with six species in two genera, distributed in Africa and Asia. It belongs to a basal lineage in subfamily Panicoideae, sometimes referred to as "centothecoid clade".^[1] Unlike many other clades in the subfamily Panicoideae, they use the C₃ photosynthetic pathway.^[2]

Centotheceae
Centotheca lappacea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	PACMAD clade
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Centotheceae Ridl. (1907)
Genera
Centotheca Megastachya
Synonyms[1]
subtribe Centothecinae Benth. (1881)