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|accepted_name=Triraphis
|accepted_authority=R. Br.
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|hierarchy=Poaceae;Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae;Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae;Triraphis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Poaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subfamily</small>[[Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Triraphis]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 25
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|treatment_page=page 31
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>annual or perennial; cespitose. <b>Culms</b> (1)4-140 cm, erect or geniculate at the lower nodes. <b>Leaves</b> cauline; auricles absent; ligules of hairs or membranous and long-ciliate; blades narrow, often involute. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal, open or contracted (occasionally spikelike) simple panicles, exceeding the leaves. <b>Spikelets</b> laterally compressed, with 3-9 bisexual florets, reduced florets (if present) distal; disarticulation above the glumes and beneath the florets. <b>Glumes</b> subequal, exceeded by the florets, 1-veined; calluses short, bearded; lemmas 3-veined, 3-4-lobed or toothed, lateral veins pilose or ciliate, midveins glabrous or sparsely pubescent, all 3 veins extending into awns; paleas shorter than the lemmas, 2-veined; lodicules 2; anthers 3. <b>Caryopses</b> trigonous, falling free of the lemmas and paleas; embryos large relative to the caryopses. <b>x</b> = 10.</span><!--

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|discussion=<p><i>Triraphis</i> is a genus of seven species that are often found in dry, open habitats in sandy or rocky soil. Most of its species are native to Africa and Arabia, but one species is native to Australia. The Australian species is established in the Flora region.</p>
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name=Triraphis
|author=J.K. Wipff
|authority=R. Br.
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|family=Poaceae
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|subfamily=Poaceae subfam. Chloridoideae
|tribe=Poaceae tribe Cynodonteae
|genus=Triraphis
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