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Pharoideae is a subfamily of the true grass
family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
Poaceae, containing the single tribe Phareae with the two genera ''
Leptaspis ''Leptaspis'' is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family, native to Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and a few islands of the western Pacific.Turner, I.M. (1995 publ. 1997). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Mal ...
'' and '' Pharus''. Its members grow on the shaded floors of
tropical The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
to warm
temperate In geography, the temperate climates of Earth occur in the middle latitudes (23.5° to 66.5° N/S of Equator), which span between the tropics and the polar regions of Earth. These zones generally have wider temperature ranges throughout ...
forests. This subfamily is one of the earliest-diverging grass lineages, older than the big BOP and PACMAD clades:


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Poaceae Poaceae subfamilies {{Poaceae-stub