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The Stipeae are a tribe of grasses within the subfamily Pooidae, with up to 600 described species.

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The Stipeae are a tribe of grasses within the subfamily Pooidae, with up to 600 described species.

==Description== The defining morphological features of the Stipeae include single-flowered spikelets lacking a rachilla extension, and the lemmas (the external bract) have either a sharp point or a terminal awn (long bristle).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Stipeae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.