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