Chamaeraphis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|genus = Chamaeraphis

|parent_authority = R.Br.

|species = hordeacea

|authority = R.Br.

|synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=451232 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

|synonyms = *Setosa Ewart

• Panicum hordeaceum (R.Br.) Raspail
• Panicum chamaeraphis Trin.
• Setosa hordeacea (R.Br.) Ewart
• Setosa erecta Ewart & Cookson

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Chamaeraphis is a genus of Australian plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954349#page/61/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 193-194] in Latin[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40005784 Tropicos, Chamaeraphis R. Br.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00120.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora] The only recognized species is Chamaeraphis hordeacea, found in Queensland and Northern Territory.[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:410681# Atlas of Living Australia, Chamaeraphis hordeacea R.Br.]

;formerly included

Dozens of other names have been coined at the specific and varietal levels, considered at the time as members of Chamaeraphis but now regarded as better suited to other genera, including Chrysopogon Echinochloa Ixophorus Panicum Paratheria Pennisetum Pseudoraphis Setaria Setariopsis