Vossia (plant)
| 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] | |
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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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Wallich, Nathaniel & Griffith, William. 1836. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 572-574 in Latin
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
- ↑ Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- ↑ 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
- ↑ US Department of Agriculture plants profile
- ↑ Bor, N. L. 1960. Grass. Burma, Ceylon, India & Pakistan i–767. Pergamon Press, Oxford
- ↑ Lewalle, J. (1970). Liste floristique et répartition altitudinale de la flore du Burundi occidental: 1-84. Université officielle de Bujumbura
- ↑ Lebrun, J.P. (1973). Énumération des plantes vasculaires du Sénégal: 1-209. Maisons Alfort: Institut d'élevage et de médecine vétérinaire des pays tropicaux
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Aké Assi, L. (2002). Flore de la Côte-d'Ivoire: catalogue systématique, biogéographie et écologie. II. Boissiera 58: 1-401.
- ↑ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville
- ↑ Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh 12: 1-505. Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
- ↑ Akoègninou, A., van der Burg, W.J. & van der Maesen, L.J.G. (eds.) (2006). Flore Analytique du Bénin: 1-1034. Backhuys Publishers