{{Short description|Genus of grasses}} {{speciesbox | genus = Patosia | image = Patosia clandestina imported from iNaturalist photo 60915561 on 17 December 2023.jpg | parent_authority = Buchenau | species = clandestina | authority = (Phil.) Buchenau | synonyms_ref = <ref name=j/> | synonyms = *''Rostkovia clandestina'' <small>Phil.</small> *''Distichia clandestina'' <small>(Buchenau) Buchenau</small> *''Oxychloe clandestina'' <small>(Buchenau) Hauman</small> *''Rostkovia brevifolia'' <small>Phil.</small> *''Oxychloe brevifolia'' <small>(Phil.) Buchenau</small> *''Distichia brevifolia'' <small>(Phil.) Phil. ex Benth. & Hook.f.</small> *''Patosia tucumanensis'' <small>Castillón</small> *''Patosia clandestina'' var. ''tucumanensis'' <small>(Castillón) Barros</small> }}
thumb|right|alt=Upclose colour photograph of Patosia clandestina|Patosia clandestina '''''Patosia''''' is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Juncaceae. It was described as a genus in 1890.<ref>[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/199828#page/69/mode/1up Buchenau, Franz Georg Philipp. 1890. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 12: 63-65] description in Latin, commentary in German</ref><ref>[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002398 Tropicos, ''Patosia '' Buchenau ]</ref>
The genus contains only one known species, '''''Patosia clandestina''''', native to southern South America (Chile, Argentina and Bolivia).<ref name=j>[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=316815 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]</ref><ref>Kirschner, J. & al. (2002). Juncaceae. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World 6-8: 1-237, 1-336,1-192. Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra.</ref>
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Category:Juncaceae Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Monotypic Poales genera
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