Triraphis

{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}

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|image_caption = Triraphis mollis

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|taxon = Triraphis

|authority = R.Br.

|type_species = Triraphis pungens

|type_species_authority = R.Br.lectotype designated by Maire, Fl. Afrique Nord 2: 191 (1953)[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40019281 Tropicos, Triraphis R. Br.][http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00663.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]

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Triraphis is a genus of African, Arabian, Australian, and Brazilian plants in the grass family.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2954341#page/53/mode/1up Brown, Robert. 1810. Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae 185] Needlegrass is a common name for plants in this genus.{{PLANTS|id=TRIRA2|taxon=Triraphis|accessdate=15 December 2015}}

; Species[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=447592 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

• Triraphis andropogonoides (Steud.) E.Phillips, - South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho
• Triraphis compacta Cope, - Ethiopia
• Triraphis devia Filg. & Zuloaga, - State of Goiás in Brazil
• Triraphis mollis R.Br., - Australia (Northern Territory plus all states except Tasmania); naturalized in Britain, Belgium, Texas
• Triraphis pumilio R.Br., - Angola, Namibia, Sahara, Arabian Pen
• Triraphis purpurea Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa, Botswana
• Triraphis ramosissima Hack., - Angola, Namibia, South Africa
• Triraphis schinzii Hack., Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia

; formerly included

see Cortaderia Crinipes Eriachne Nematopoa Pentameris Triodia

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• Triraphis abyssinica - Crinipes abyssinicus
• Triraphis bromoides - Triodia bromoides
• Triraphis capensis - Pentameris capensis
• Triraphis danthonioides - Triodia danthonioides
• Triraphis diantha - Eriachne triseta
• Triraphis hieronymi - Cortaderia hieronymi
• Triraphis rigidissima - Triodia rigidissima }}