# Hygroryza

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{{short description|Genus of plants}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Hygroryza aristata - NBGB - IMG 4392.JPG
|display_parents = 4
|genus = Hygroryza
|parent_authority = [Nees](/source/Christian_Gottfried_Daniel_Nees_von_Esenbeck)
|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](/source/genus) of [Asia](/source/Asia)n flowering plants in the [grass family](/source/Poaceae).<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](/source/China) ([Fujian](/source/Fujian), [Guangdong](/source/Guangdong), [Hainan](/source/Hainan), [Taiwan](/source/Taiwan), [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan)), [Bangladesh](/source/Bangladesh), [Cambodia](/source/Cambodia), [India](/source/India) ([Maharashtra](/source/Maharashtra), [Karnataka](/source/Karnataka), [Assam](/source/Assam), etc.), [Laos](/source/Laos), [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia), [Myanmar](/source/Myanmar), [Nepal](/source/Nepal), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka), [Thailand](/source/Thailand), [Vietnam](/source/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>

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''Hygroryza ciliata - [Leersia hexandra](/source/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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