Catabrosa

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|image = Catabrosa aquatica.jpg

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|taxon = Catabrosa

|authority = P.Beauv., 1812[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394176#page/181/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie page 97.] in Latin[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394176#page/304/mode/1up Palisot de Beauvois, Ambroise Marie François Joseph. 1812. Essai d'une Nouvelle Agrostographie plate XIX (19), figure VIII (8)] line drawings of Catabrosa aquatica; [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/394176#page/279/mode/1up figure captions on caption page 13]

|type_species = Catabrosa aquatica

|type_species_authority = (L.) P.Beauv.lectotype designated by Nash in N. L. Britton et A. Brown, Ill. Fl. N.U.S. ed. 2. 1: 245 (7 Jun 1913)

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• Catabrosia Roem. & Schult

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File:CatabrosaAquatica1.jpg

Catabrosa is a small but widespread genus of plants in the grass family native to temperate areas of Eurasia, the Americas, and a few places in Africa.[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002554 Tropicos, Catabrosa P. Beauv.]Soreng, R. J. & L. Fish. 2011. Catabrosa versus Colpodium (Poaceae: Poeae) in southern Africa, with a key to these genera and their species in Africa. Kew Bulletin 66(1): 1–10Nicora, E. G. & Z. R. Agrasar. 1981. Catabrosa P. Beauv. y Phippsia R. Brown (Gramineae) en America del Sur. Darwiniana 23(1): 179–188[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=105839 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 313 沿沟草属 yan gou cao shu Catabrosa P. Beauvois, Ess. Agrostogr. 97. 1812. ]{{cite web|url=http://luirig.altervista.org/flora/taxa/floraspecie.php?genere=Catabrosa|title=Genere Catabrosa - Flora Italiana|website=luirig.altervista.org}}{{cite web|url=http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00105.htm|title=RBG Kew: GrassBase - Catabrosa Description|last=kh02kg|website=www.kew.org}}

Catabrosa aquatica is in flower in Europe from June to August, and the seeds ripen from July to September. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by wind. They are a short, blunt{{nbh}}leaved plants similar to Poa trivialis, which grows in wetland.Frances Rose. The Observers Book of Grasses, Sedges and Rushes. pages 44–45