Vossia cuspidata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Monocota Cladus: Commelinids Ordo: Poales

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

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)

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

Griffith, W. (†) 1851. Icones Plantarum Asiaticarum (Arranged by M'Clelland, J.). Part III: Monocotyledonous plants. Calcutta. BHL Reference page.
Griffith, W. 1836. Description of some Grasses which form part of the vegetation in the Jheels of the district of Sylhet. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 5: 570–575. BHL Reference page.
Roxburgh, W. (†) 1820. Flora Indica; or Descriptions of Indian Plants. [Edited by Carey, W.] Vol. 1. 493 pp. Serampore. BHL Reference page.

Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Vossia cuspidata in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug. 11. Reference page.
Hassler, M. 2024. Vossia cuspidata. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 Aug. 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Vossia cuspidata. Published online. Accessed: 11. Aug. 2024. Reference page.