PACMAD clade

Translingual

Etymology

Acronym. See Hyponyms.

Proper noun

PACMAD clade

A taxonomic clade within the family Poaceae – all of the grasses that use the C4 photosynthesis pathway.

Hypernyms

(clade): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, monocots, commelinids - clades; Poales - order; Poaceae - family

Hyponyms

(clade): Aristidoideae, Arundinoideae, Chloridoideae, Danthonioideae, Micrairoideae, Panicoideae - subfamilies

References

PACMAD clade on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
PACMAD clade on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
PACMAD clade at National Center for Biotechnology Information
Poaceae at APWeb

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