Pooideae
Subfamily of plants
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The Pooideae are the sister group of the bamboos within the BOP clade, and are themselves subdivided into 15 tribes.
Evolutionary history
Pooidae started diversifying in the Late Eocene, and their radiation was especially intense during the Oligocene and Miocene epochs.
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Phylogeny
Relationships of tribes in the Pooideae according to a 2017 phylogenetic classification, also showing the bamboos as sister group:
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