Pharoideae is a

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

of the true grass

family Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...

Poaceae Poaceae ( ), also called Gramineae ( ), is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos, the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivate ...

, containing the single tribe Phareae with the two genera ''

Leptaspis ''Leptaspis'' is a genus of Paleotropical plants in the 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 Malaya. Ga ...

'' and '' Pharus''. Its members grow on the shaded floors of

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to warm

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forests. This subfamily is one of the earliest-diverging grass lineages, older than the big BOP and PACMAD clades:

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