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. 2006 Apr;97(4):611–621. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcl010

Table 1.

The C3 and C4 grass species examined in this study, which are divided according to photosynthetic types and phylogenetic groups

NADP-ME NAD-ME PCK
(a) C4 species
    Panicoid Panicoid Panicoid
    Digitaria sanguinalis (L.) Scopoli Panicum coloratum L. var. makarikariense Goossens Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. Ex A. Rich) Stapf
    D. violascens Link P. dichotomiflorum Michaux B. decumbens Stapf
    Echinochloa crus-galli P. Beauv. P. miliaceum L. B. humidicola (Rendle) Schweick.
    Paspalum distichum L. Chloridoid B. mutica (Forsk.) Stapf
    Setaria glauca (L.) P. Beauv. Cynodon dactylon (L.) Persoon Panicum maximum Jacq.
    S. viridis (L.) P. Beauv. var minor (Thunb.) Ohwi Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertner Urochloa texana (Buckley) Webster
    Sorghum sudanense Stapf E. indica (L.) Gaertner Chloridoid
    Spodiopogon cotulifer (Thunb.) Hackel Eragrostis cilianensis (Allioni) Vignolo-Lutati Chloris gayana Kunth
E. ferruginea (Thunb.) P. Beauv. Sporobolus indicus R. Br. var. purpureo-suffusus (Ohwi) T. Koyama

Leptochloa chinensis (L.) Nees
Zoysia tenuifolia Willd.
Bambusoid
Panicoid
Festucoid
(b) C3 species
    Leersia japonica Makino Hymenachne indica Buse Agropyron tsukushiense (Honda) Ohwi var. transiens (Hackel) Ohwi
    Oryza sativa L. cv. Reiho Isachne globosa O. Kuntze Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. var. amurensis (Komar.) Ohwi
Panicum bisulcatum Thunberg Avena fatua L.
Beckmannia syzigachne (Steud.) Fernald
Briza minor L.
Bromus catharticus Vahl
B. rigidus Roth
Dactylis glomerata L.
Lolium multiflorum Lam.
Poa acroleuca Steud.