{{short description|Genus of plants}} {{Speciesbox |image = Hygroryza aristata - NBGB - IMG 4392.JPG |display_parents = 4 |genus = Hygroryza |parent_authority = Nees |species = aristata |authority = (Retz.) Nees ex Wight & Arn. |synonyms_ref = <ref name=a>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=419653 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref> |synonyms = *''Hygrorhiza'' <small>Nees, alternate spelling</small> *''Potamochloa'' <small>Griff.</small> *''Pharus aristatus'' <small>Retz.</small> *''Leersia aristata'' <small>(Retz.) Roxb.</small> *''Zizania retzii'' <small>Spreng.</small> *''Zizania aristata'' <small>(Retz.) Kunth</small> *''Potamochloa retzii'' <small>Griff.</small> *''Potamochloa aristata'' <small>(Roxb.) McClell.</small> *''Pharus natans'' <small>Russell ex Steud.</small> }}
'''''Hygroryza''''' ('''watergrass''')<ref>{{PLANTS|id=HYGRO7|taxon=Hygroryza|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref> is a monotyipic genus of Asian flowering plants in the grass family.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2498845#page/398/mode/1up Nees von Esenbeck, Christian Gottfried Daniel. 1833. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 15: 380-381] in Latin</ref><ref>[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00304.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Hygroryza Nees|url=https://www.tropicos.org/Name/40029199|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.tropicos.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Hygroryza aristata in Flora of Pakistan @ efloras.org|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=200025546|access-date=2021-01-10|website=www.efloras.org}}</ref> The only known species is '''''Hygroryza aristata''''', ('''Asian watergrass''')<ref>{{PLANTS|id=HYAR9|taxon=Hygroryza aristata|accessdate=15 May 2015}}</ref> native to China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan, Taiwan, Yunnan), Bangladesh, Cambodia, India (Maharashtra, Karnataka, Assam, etc.), Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam.<ref name="a" /><ref>[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200025546 Flora of China Vol. 22 Page 186 <big>水禾</big> shui he ''Hygroryza aristata'' (Retzius) Nees, Edinburgh New Philos. J. 15: 380. 1833]</ref>
;formerly included<ref name=a/> ''Hygroryza ciliata - Leersia hexandra''
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Category:Oryzoideae Category:Grasses of China Category:Flora of Taiwan Category:Flora of Indo-China Category:Flora of the Indian subcontinent Category:Monotypic Poaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck
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