- Tribe characteristics:
- panicles
- florets 1/ spikelet or 2 or more florets/spikelet
- reduced floret at spikelet apex (except Phalaris, Anthoxanthum)
- glumes long
- lemmas awnless or awns dorsal; veins 5 or more (usually inconspicuous)
- florets 1/ spikelet or 2 or more florets/spikelet