“…An evolutionary framework has been thoroughly established at the family level based on multiple phylogenetic studies (Clark et al, 1995;GPWG, 2001;Duvall et al, 2007;BouchenakKhelladi et al, 2008;Vicentini et al, 2008;Kellogg, 2009). Poaceae has been classified into some basal lineages as well as two main lineages including the PACMAD clade (Panicoideae, Arundinoideae, Chloridoideae, Micrairoideae, Aristidoideae, and Danthonioideae) and the BEP clade (Bambusoideae, Ehrhartoideae, and Pooideae) (GPWG, 2001;Duvall et al, 2007;Bouchenak-Khelladi et al, 2008;Kellogg, 2009). Nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences have been extensively employed to determine phylogenetic relationships at both higher and lower taxonomic levels in the grass family (Doebley et al, 1990;Barker et al, 1995;Clark et al, 1995;Soreng and Davis, 1998;GPWG, 2001;Bouchenak-Khelladi et al, 2008;Kellogg, 2009).…”