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
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.

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.