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    The PACMAD clade (previously PACCMAD, PACCAD, or PACC) is one of two major lineages (or clades) of the true grasses (Poaceae), regrouping six subfamilies...
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    many lawn and pasture grasses, and bamboos. Its sister group is the PACMAD clade; in contrast with many species of that group who have evolved C4 photosynthesis...
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    Bermudagrass and switchgrass. Although the C4 species are all in the PACMAD clade (see diagram below), it seems that various forms of C4 have arisen some...
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    in the PACMAD clade of Old World grasses, and much more distantly to rice and wheat, which are in the other major group of grasses, the BOP clade. It is...
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    closely related to maize within the PACMAD clade of grasses, and more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade such as wheat and barley. The Sorghum...
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    related to sorghum and maize within the PACMAD clade of grasses, and more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade such as wheat and barley. Within the...
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    two big BOP and PACMAD clades, which each contain roughly half of the family's species. C4 lineages have only evolved in the PACMAD clade, whereas many...
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    to maize and the millets within the PACMAD clade of grasses, and more distantly to the cereals of the BOP clade such as wheat and barley. S. bicolor...
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    mainly found in arid tropical or subtropical grasslands. Within the PACMAD clade, their sister group is the Danthonioideae. The subfamily includes widespread...
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    on mats or on pavements. The edible rice species are members of the BOP clade within the grass family, the Poaceae. The rice subfamily, Oryzoideae, is...
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    BOP clade PACMAD clade...
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    glume is shorter than the spikelet. Within the PACMAD clade of grasses, the Panicoideae are sister to a clade made of the four subfamilies Arundinoideae,...
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    has over 300 species in three genera: The subfamily is a member of the PACMAD clade of grasses, the evolutionary group in which C4 photosynthesis independently...
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    shrublands, and woodlands. It belongs to the PACMAD clade of grasses, but unlike some other lineages in that clade, grasses in the Danthonioideae exclusively...
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    including giant reed and common reed. Unlike many other members of the PACMAD clade of grasses, the Arundinoideae all use C3 photosynthesis. Their sister...
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    C4 species – around 5000. They are only found in subfamilies of the PACMAD clade. Major C4 crops such as maize, sugarcane, sorghum and pearl millet belong...
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    and rye within the Triticeae, and more distantly to rice within the BOP clade of grasses (Poaceae). The phylogeny of the Triticeae is complicated by hybridization...
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    Poaceae, distributed in tropical and subtropical regions. Within the PACMAD clade, it is sister to subfamily Arundinoideae. It includes roughly 190 species...
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    one of the earliest-diverging grass lineages, older than the big BOP and PACMAD clades: Grass Phylogeny Working Group II (2012). "New grass phylogeny resolves...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Micrairoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Panicoideae...
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    one of the earliest-diverging grass lineages, sister to the big BOP and PACMAD clades: Soreng, Robert J.; Peterson, Paul M.; Romaschenko, Konstantin; Davidse...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Micrairoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Chloridoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Panicoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Panicoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Arundinoideae...
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  • Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Panicoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Chloridoideae...
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    Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Monocots Clade: Commelinids Order: Poales Family: Poaceae Clade: PACMAD clade Subfamily: Panicoideae...
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