Pseudoraphis Explained

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

They grow in open, wet habitat, such as marshes.^[2] 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.^[5]

Species^{[6] [7] [8]}

• 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

Notes and References

1. Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1928. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 210
2. Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. Pseudoraphis Griff. The Grass Genera of the World.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=127214 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 499, 547 伪针茅属 wei zhen mao shu Pseudoraphis Griffith ex Pilger
4. http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:414189 Atlas of Living Australia, Pseudoraphis Griff. Mud-grasses
5. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Pseudoraphis Pseudoraphis.
6. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=438325 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
7. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pseudoraphis The Plant List search for Pseudoraphis
8. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00524.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora