- The
PACMAD clade (previously PACCMAD, PACCAD, or PACC) is one of two
major lineages (or clades) of the true gr****es (Poaceae),
regrouping six subfamilies...
-
maize genus Zea is
relatively closely related to sorghum, both
being in the
PACMAD clade of Old
World gr****es, and much more
distantly to rice and wheat, which...
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animal fodder. The
Sorghum genus is
closely related to
maize within the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, and more
distantly to the
cereals of the BOP
clade such...
- Indiangr****, Bermudagr**** and switchgr****.
Although the C4
species are all in the
PACMAD clade (see
diagram below), it
seems that
various forms of C4 have arisen...
- in 1788. The
millets are
closely related to
sorghum and
maize within the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, and more
distantly to the
cereals of the BOP
clade such...
- species,
mainly found in arid
tropical or
subtropical gr****lands.
Within the
PACMAD clade,
their sister group is the Danthonioideae. The
subfamily includes...
- has over 300
species in
three genera: The
subfamily is a
member of the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, the
evolutionary group in
which C4
photosynthesis independently...
-
floral envelopes). The
lower glume is
shorter than the spikelet.
Within the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, the
Panicoideae are
sister to a
clade made of the four...
-
spikelets Sorghum is
closely related to
maize and the
millets within the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, and more
distantly to the
cereals of the BOP
clade such...
-
including giant reed and
common reed.
Unlike many
other members of the
PACMAD clade of gr****es, the
Arundinoideae all use C3 photosynthesis.
Their sister...
