Chasmanthieae

Chasmanthieae is a small tribe of grasses in the subfamily Panicoideae. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only seven species in two genera, Bromuniola with one species in Africa and Chasmanthium from North America.^[1] They all use the C₃ photosynthetic pathway.^[2]

Chasmanthieae
Woodoats (Chasmanthium latifolium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	PACMAD clade
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Chasmanthieae W.V. Br. & B.N. Smith ex Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2010)
Genera
Bromuniola Chasmanthium