Complex sentence: These woody bamboos occur in areas with temperate climate in Eastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia, and form a lineage independent of the tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae) and the tropical herbaceous bamboos (Olyreae).
Split into simpler sentences: These woody bamboos occur in areas with temperate climate in Eastern North America, Subsaharan Africa, South Asia and East Asia. The tribe forms a lineage independent of the tropical woody bamboos (Bambuseae) and the tropical herbaceous bamboos (Olyreae).