Cyperochloeae

{{Short description|Tribe of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Spartochloa scirpoidea (8691933765).jpg

| image_caption = Spartochloa scirpoidea

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| taxon = Cyperochloeae

| authority = L. Watson & Dallwitz ex Sánchez-Ken & L.G. Clark (2010)

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision = *Cyperochloa

| synonyms = Cyperochloeae {{small|L. Watson & Dallwitz (1992, nom. nud.)}}

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Cyperochloeae is a small tribe of grasses in the Panicoideae subfamily, found in Australia. It belongs to a basal lineage within the subfamily and has only two species in two monotypic genera, Cyperochloa and Spartochloa. They use the C3 photosynthetic pathway.

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