Pseudoraphis is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family, commonly known as mudgrasses.Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1928. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 210Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Pseudoraphis Griff. The Grass Genera of the World.Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 499, 547 伪针茅属 wei zhen mao shu Pseudoraphis Griffith ex Pilger .Atlas of Living Australia, Pseudoraphis Griff. Mud-grasses
They grow in open, wet habitat, such as marshes. Some are aquatic, floating plants. A defining characteristic is a long, stiff bristle extending from the tip of each branch of the inflorescence. Pseudoraphis is closely related to the genus Chamaeraphis.Pseudoraphis. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
SpeciesKew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesThe Plant List search for PseudoraphisGrassbase - The World Online Grass Flora Pseudoraphis balansae - Hainan, Thailand, Vietnam Pseudoraphis brunoniana - Anhui, Guangdong, Taiwan, Japan, Assam, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Pseudoraphis jagonis - Queensland Pseudoraphis minuta - Queensland, Northern Territory, Vietnam, Myanmar, India, Bangladesh Pseudoraphis paradoxa - Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia Pseudoraphis sordida - Japan, Korea, Fujian, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Shandong, Yunnan, Zhejiang, India, Sri Lanka Pseudoraphis spinescens - Moira grass, spiny mudgrass - Australia, New Guinea, Southeast Asia, Indian subcontinent
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