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]

• 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