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The only known species is Vossia cuspidata, an aquatic grass native to Africa (from Senegal to Egypt, Somalia, south to Namibia), and to Assam, Bangladesh, and ...

Vossia cuspidata

Vossia is a monotypic genus in the grass family, found in Asia and Africa. The only known species is Vossia cuspidata, an aquatic grass native to Africa, and to Assam, Bangladesh, and northern Indochina. The common name is hippo grass. Wikipedia
Species: V. cuspidata
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hippo grass. Classification ; Family. Poaceae Barnhart - Grass family ; Genus. Vossia Wall. & Griffith - hippo grass ; Species. Vossia cuspidata Griff. - hippo ...
Vossia cuspidata is a vivacious, robust, almost glabrous, aquatic grass with floating or submerged stems, strongly rooted at nodes and up to 7 m long and with ...
The native range of this species is Africa, Assam to Indo-China. It is a helophyte or perennial and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.
Perennial; culms submerged or floating, up to 7 m long and 1 cm in diameter, spongy, with fibrous roots from the nodes, standing 1–2 m out of the water. Sessile ...
Perennial; culms submerged or floating, up to 7 m long and 1 cm in diameter, spongy, with fibrous roots from the nodes, standing 1–2 m out of the water. Leaf ...
Robust, aquatic perennial. Underground system. Stem. Spongy, stout, several metres long, rooting below, trailing and floating.
Kingdom, Plantae - Plants ; Subkingdom, Tracheobionta - Vascular plants ; Superdivision, Spermatophyta - Seed plants ; Division, Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants.
Nov 21, 2019 · This datasheet on Vossia cuspidata covers Identity, Distribution. Identity. Preferred Scientific Name: Vossia cuspidata (Roxb.) Griff.
Scientific Name. Vossia cuspidata. Kingdom. Plantae. Location in Taxonomic Tree. Genus. Vossia. Species. Vossia cuspidata. Identification Numbers. TSN: 565978 ...