''Apluda'' is a
genus of plants in the
grass family
Poaceae () or Gramineae () is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of monocotyledonous flowering plants commonly known as grasses. It includes the cereal grasses, bamboos and the grasses of natural grassland and species cultivated in lawns and ...
native to
Asia and to various islands in the
Indian and
Pacific Oceans.
The only known species is ''Apluda mutica'', native to
Central Asia,
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...
(incl.
Taiwan +
Tibet),
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
(incl
Ryukyu Islands),
Indian Subcontinent,
Southeast Asia,
New Guinea,
Vanuatu,
Solomon Islands,
New Caledonia
)
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,
Caroline Islands,
Madagascar,
Mauritius,
Réunion
Réunion (; french: La Réunion, ; previously ''Île Bourbon''; rcf, label= Reunionese Creole, La Rényon) is an island in the Indian Ocean that is an overseas department and region of France. It is located approximately east of the island ...
,
Socotra,
Oman.
[
;Formerly included][
see '']Andropogon
''Andropogon'' ( common names: beard grass, bluestem grass, broomsedge) is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family, native to much of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, as well as southern Europe and various oceanic islands.
Over 100 spec ...
, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites''
See also
* List of Poaceae genera
References
External links
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
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Panicoideae
Bunchgrasses of Asia
Bunchgrasses of Oceania
Poaceae genera
Monotypic Poaceae genera
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
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