Pseudoraphis

Pseudoraphis is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family, commonly known as mudgrasses.[1][2][3][4][5]

Mudgrasses
Pseudoraphis spinescens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Supertribe: Panicodae
Tribe: Paniceae
Subtribe: Cenchrinae
Genus: Pseudoraphis
Griff. ex Pilg. 1928
Synonyms[1]
  • Pseudoraphis Griff. 1851; as synonym

They grow in open, wet habitat, such as marshes.[3] 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.[6]

Species[7][8][9]

References

  1. Griffith, William. 1851. Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 3: 29–30 in Latin
  2. Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1928. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 210
  3. Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Pseudoraphis Griff. The Grass Genera of the World.
  4. Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 499, 547 伪针茅属 wei zhen mao shu Pseudoraphis Griffith ex Pilger .
  5. Atlas of Living Australia, Pseudoraphis Griff. Mud-grasses
  6. Pseudoraphis. New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.
  7. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  8. The Plant List search for Pseudoraphis
  9. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora


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