Cyperochloeae

Cyperochloeae is a small tribe of grasses in the Panicoideae subfamily, found in Australia. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only two species in two monotypic genera, Cyperochloa and Spartochloa.^[1] They use the C₃ photosynthetic pathway.^[2]

Cyperochloeae
Spartochloa scirpoidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Clade:	PACMAD clade
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Tribe:	Cyperochloeae L. Watson & Dallwitz ex Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2010)
Genera
Cyperochloa Spartochloa
Synonyms
Cyperochloeae L. Watson & Dallwitz (1992, nom. nud.)