Vossia cuspidata

hippo grass
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
(unranked):	Commelinids
Order:	Poales
Family:	Poaceae
Genus:	Vossia Wall. & Griff. 1836, conserved name not Adans. 17963 (Aizoaceae)
Binomial name
Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) Griff.
Type species
Vossia procera Wall. & Griff.
Synonyms[1]
Ischaemum cuspidatum Roxb. Ischaemum ensiforme Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Vossia cuspidata var. polystachya Koechlin Vossia procera Wall. & Griff.

Vossia is a genus of Asian and African plants in the grass family.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Species^[1]

The only known species is Vossia cuspidata, native to Africa (from Senegal to Egypt + Somalia + Namibia), and to Assam, Bangladesh, and northern Indochina. Common name is hippo grass.^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]}

formerly included^[1]

see Phacelurus

• Vossia cambogiensis - Phacelurus cambogiensis
• Vossia speciosa - Phacelurus speciosus

References

1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
2. Wallich, Nathaniel & Griffith, William. 1836. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 572-574 in Latin
3. Wallich, Nathaniel & Griffith, William. 1836. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: plate XXIII (23), figure in center line drawing of Vossia procera (syn of V. cuspidata)
4. Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
5. Global Biodiversity Information Facility
6. Boudet, G., Lebrun, J.P. & Demange, R. (1986). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali: 1-465. Etudes d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux
7. US Department of Agriculture plants profile
8. Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
9. Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura
10. Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
11. Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1995). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 7: 1-430. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps
12. Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
13. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville
14. Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
15. Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers