Arundinoideae

Arundinoideae
Arundo donax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Arundinoideae Kunth ex Beilschm. (1833)
Genera
16 genera, see text
Synonyms[1]
Arundinoideae Tateoka (1957, isonym) Phragmitoideae Parodi (1958, nom. inval.) Phragmitoideae Parodi ex Caro (1982) Arundinaceae Burmeist. (1837, unranked)

The Arundinoideae are a subfamily of the true grass family Poaceae with around 40 species, including giant reed and common reed. Unlike many other members of the PACMAD clade of grasses, the Arundinoideae all use C₃ photosynthesis. Their sister group is the subfamily Micrairoideae.^[1]

Arundinoideae used to be quite large in older taxonomic systems, with over 700 species, but most of them have been moved to other subfamilies following phylogenetic analyses. Currently, species are placed in 16 genera and two tribes.^[1]

Tribes and genera

Arundineae

• Amphipogon (syn. Diplopogon)
• Arundo
• Monachather

Molinieae

• Crinipes
• Dichaetaria
• Dregeochloa
• Elytrophorus
• Hakonechloa
• Leptagrostis
• Molinia
• Moliniopsis
• Nematopoa
• Phragmites
• Piptophyllum
• Styppeiochloa
• Zenkeria

References

1. Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse, Gerrit; Zuloaga, Fernando O.; Judziewicz, Emmet J.; Filgueiras, Tarciso S.; Davis, Jerrold I.; Morrone, Osvaldo (2015). "A worldwide phylogenetic classification of the Poaceae (Gramineae)". Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 53 (2): 117–137. doi:10.1111/jse.12150. ISSN 1674-4918.