Pseudoraphis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|name = Mudgrasses

|image = Pseudoraphis spinescens.jpg

|image_caption = Pseudoraphis spinescens

|display_parents = 4

|taxon = Pseudoraphis

|authority = Griff. ex Pilg. 1928

|synonyms_ref = [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11624271#page/32/mode/1up Griffith, William. 1851. Notulae ad Plantas Asiaticas 3: 29–30 ] in Latin

|synonyms =

• Pseudoraphis Griff. 1851; as synonym

}}

Pseudoraphis is a genus of Asian and Australian plants in the grass family, commonly known as mudgrasses.Pilger, Robert Knud Friedrich. 1928. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 10: 210Watson, L. and M. J. Dallwitz. 1992 onwards. [http://delta-intkey.com/grass/www/p_raphis.htm Pseudoraphis Griff.] The Grass Genera of the World.[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] .[http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:apni.taxon:414189 Atlas of Living Australia, Pseudoraphis Griff. Mud-grasses]

They grow in open, wet habitat, such as marshes. 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.[http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Pseudoraphis Pseudoraphis.] New South Wales Flora Online. National Herbarium, Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney.

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=438325 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families][http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Pseudoraphis The Plant List search for Pseudoraphis][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00524.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

• 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