Danthonioideae

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Cortaderia is a genus of plants in the Poaceae or grass family of plants.

Schismus is a genus of African and Eurasian plants in the grass family. Two species are naturalized in North America, where they are known as Mediterranean grass.

Danthonioideae is a mainly Southern Hemisphere subfamily of grasses, containing the single tribe Danthonieae and one unplaced genus, with altogether roughly 300 species. It includes herbaceous to partially woody perennial or annual (less common) grasses that grow in open grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands. It belongs to the PACMAD clade of grasses, but unlike some other lineages in that clade, grasses in the Danthonioideae exclusively use the C3 photosynthetic pathway. Its sister group is the subfamily Chloridoideae.

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Pseudopentameris is a genus of South African plants in the grass family, found only in Western Cape Province.

Pentameris is a genus of plants in the grass family, native primarily to Africa, with a few species in Yemen and on certain islands in the Indian Ocean.

Plinthanthesis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.

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species of plant

Austroderia is a genus of five species of tall grasses native to New Zealand, commonly known as toetoe (from Māori). The species are A. toetoe, A. fulvida, A. splendens, A. richardii and A. turbaria. They were recently reclassified in 2011 from the genus Cortaderia.

Chaetobromus is a genus of African plants in the grass family.

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species of plant

Notochloe is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Notochloe microdon, found only in New South Wales.

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Phaenanthoecium is a genus of plants in the grass family. The only known species is Phaenanthoecium koestlinii, native to Northeast Tropical Africa (Sudan, Ethiopia and Eritrea) and Yemen.

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species of plant

Tenaxia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.

thumb|Mr. Shahid Nawaz Landge collecting Danthonidium gammiei (Stapf) C. E. Hubb. in its natural habitat in the Western Ghats of India. Danthonidium is a genus of Indian plants in the grass family. The only known species is Danthonidium gammiei, native to the State of Maharashtra in India.

Merxmuellera is a genus of African grasses named for Hermann Merxmueller, a 20th-century German botanist and taxonomist who was an expert on African flora.

Capeochloa is a genus of South African plants in the grass family. It contains three species of perennial grasses endemic to the Cape Provinces.

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