Cynodonteae

Cynodonteae
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Goosegrass (Eleusine indica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Chloridoideae
Tribe:	Cynodonteae Dumort. (1824)
Genera
93 genera, see text
Synonyms
Aeluropodieae Nevski ex Bor (1965) Chlorideae Rchb. (1828, unranked) Chlorideae Trin. (1824, nom. illeg.) Hubbardochloinae Auquier (1980) Jouveae Pilg. (1956) Leptureae Dumort. (1824, as Lepiureae) Monermeae C.E. Hubb. (1948, nom. inval.) Nazieae Hitchc. (1920, nom. illeg.) Pappophoreae Kunth (1829) Perotideae C.E. Hubb. (1960) Pommereulleae Bor (1960) Trageae Hitchc. (1927) Triodieae S.W.L. Jacobs (2004)

Cynodonteae is a large tribe of grasses in the subfamily Chloridoideae, with over 800 species.

Like most of the subfamily, species in the tribe are adapted to warm, arid climates and use the C₄ photosynthetic pathway. Some species, such as Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon) or goosegrass (Eleusine indica), are widespread weeds, introduced in many countries.

Most of the 93 genera are classified in one of 18 subtribes, but some are still unplaced (incertae sedis) within the tribe.

incertae sedis

• Allolepis
• Brachychloa
• Cleistogenes
• Dactyloctenium
• Halopyrum
• Hubbardochloa
• Jouvea
• Kalinia
• Kampochloa
• Lepturidium
• Neobouteloua
• Orinus
• Pogononeura
• Sohnsia
• Vietnamochloa

Aeluropodinae

• Aeluropus
• Odyssea

Triodiinae

• Monodia
• Symplectrodia
• Triodia (syn. Plectrachne)

Orcuttiinae

• Neostapfia
• Orcuttia
• Tuctoria

Gouiniinae

• Gouinia
• Schenckochloa
• Tridentopsis
• Triplasis
• Vaseyochloa

Cteniinae

• Ctenium

Trichoneurinae

• Trichoneura

Perotidinae

• Mosdenia
• Perotis (syn. Lopholepis, Toliara)
• Trigonochloa

Farragininae

• Craspedorhachis
• Farrago

Gymnopogoninae

• Bewsia
• Dignathia
• Gymnopogon
• Leptocarydion
• Leptothrium
• Lophacme

Eleusininae

• Acrachne
• Afrotrichloris
• Apochiton
• Astrebla
• Austrochloris
• Chloris (syn. Ochthochloa)
• Chrysochloa
• Coelachyrum (syn. Coelachyropsis)
• Cynodon (syn.Brachyachne)
• Daknopholis
• Dinebra (syn. Drake-Brockmania, Heterocarpha, Oxydenia)
• Diplachne
• Disakisperma (syn. Cypholepis)
• Eleusine
• Enteropogon
• Eustachys
• Harpochloa
• Leptochloa (syn. Trichloris)
• Lepturus
• Lintonia
• Microachne
• Microchloa (syn. Rendlia)
• Oxychloris
• Pommereulla
• Rendlia
• Rheochloa
• Saugetia
• Schoenefeldia
• Sclerodactylon
• Stapfochloa
• Tetrapogon

Tripogoninae

• Desmostachya
• Eragrostiella
• Melanocenchris
• Oropetium
• Tripogon

Pappophorinae

• Neesiochloa
• Pappophorum
• Tridens (excl. Tridentopsis)

Traginae

• Monelytrum
• Polevansia
• Tragus
• Willkommia (syn. Willbleibia)

Hilariinae

• Hilaria (syn. Pleuraphis)

Monanthochloinae

• Distichlis (syn. Monanthochloe, Reederochloa)

Boutelouinae

• Bouteloua (syn. Buchloe, Buchlomimus, Cathestecum, Chondrosum, Cyclostachya, Griffithsochloa, Opizia, Pentarrhaphis, Pringleochloa, Soderstromia)

Scleropogoninae

• Blepharidachne
• Dasyochloa
• Erioneuron
• Munroa
• Scleropogon
• Swallenia

Muhlenbergiinae

• Muhlenbergia (syn. Aegopogon, Bealia, Blepharoneuron, Chaboissaea, Lycurus, Pereilema, Redfieldia, Schaffnerella, Schedonnardus)