Eragrostideae

Eragrostideae is a tribe of grasses in subfamily Chloridoideae. It contains roughly 500 species, which all use the C₄ photosynthetic pathway.

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[1]
supertribe Eragrostodae L. Liu (1980) Unioleae Roshev. ex C.S. Campb. (1985)

The 14 genera are classified in three subtribes:^[1]

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)