Apluda is a genus of plants in the grass family 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 (incl. Taiwan + Tibet), Japan (incl Ryukyu Islands), Indian Subcontinent, Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Caroline Islands, Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Socotra, Oman. see Andropogon, Ichnanthus, Ischaemum, Polytoca, Themeda, Zeugites • Apluda digitata – Polytoca digitata • Apluda distachya – Andropogon distachyos • Apluda imberbis – Themeda triandra • Apluda rugosa – Ischaemum rugosum • Apluda zeugites – Zeugites americanus • Apluda zeygites – Ichnanthus pallens