Vossia cuspidata

Vossia cuspidata
Vossia cuspidata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Cladus: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Andropogoneae
Subtribus: Rhytachninae
Genus: Vossia
Species: Vossia cuspidata

Name

Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) Griff., Icon. Pl. Asiat. 3: t. 153 (1851).

Synonyms

  • Basionym
    • Ischaemum cuspidatum Roxb. in Fl. Ind. 1: 325 (1820)
  • Homotypic
    • Vossia procera Wall. & Griff. in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 5: 573 (tab.) (1836), nom. superfl.
  • Heterotypic
    • Ischaemum ensiforme Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. in Numer. List: n.° 8878 (1848), nom. nud.
    • Vossia cuspidata var. polystachya Koechlin in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 108: 243 (1961)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Cosmopolitan
    • Regional: Africa, Assam to Indo-China
      • Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina, Burundi, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, DR Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan-South Sudan, Tanzania, Thailand, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Vernacular names

  • English: hippo grass
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