Paniceae

Paniceae
Foxtail millet (Setaria italica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Subfamily:	Panicoideae
Supertribe:	Panicodae L.Liu (1980)
Tribe:	Paniceae R.Br. (1814)
Genera
84, see text
Synonyms
Cenchreae Rchb. (1828, unranked) Digitarieae J.J.Schmitz & Regel (1841) Paniceae Horan. (1847, as Panicinae) Spinificeae Dumort. (1829) Melinideae Hitchc. (1920) Boivinelleae A. Camus (1925) Anthephoreae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957) Trachideae Pilg. ex Potztal (1957) Cyphochlaeneae Bosser (1965) Neurachneae S.T. Blake (1972)

84, see text

Paniceae is a large tribe of the Panicoideae subfamily in the grasses (Poaceae), the only in the monotypic supertribe Panicodae. It includes roughly 1,500 species in 84 genera, primarily found in tropical and subtropical regions of the world. Paniceae includes species using either of the C₄ and C₃ photosynthetic pathways, as well as presumably intermediate species. Most of the millets are members of tribe Paniceae.

The tribe is subdivided into seven subtribes, but some genera are as yet unplaced (incertae sedis). Species in the Paniceae have an ancestral chromosome number (monoploid number) of x = 9, while species with x = 10 formerly included are now recognised as separate tribe, Paspaleae.

Cenchrus echinatus

Digitaria sanguinalis

Echinochloa crus-galli

Eriochloa procera

Oplismenus hirtellus undulatifolius

Oplismenus undulatifolius

Pennisetum polystachion

Pennisetum purpureum

Spinifex longifolius

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