Lasiacis Explained

Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.^{[1] [2]}

Species

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• Lasiacis anomala Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia
• Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. - widespread from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina
• Lasiacis grisebachii (Nash) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico
• Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase - South America, West Indies
• Lasiacis linearis Swallen - Central America, Chiapas
• Lasiacis maculata (Aubl.) Urb. - widespread from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina
• Lasiacis nigra Davidse - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
• Lasiacis oaxacensis (Steud.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Jamaica, Hispaniola
• Lasiacis procerrima (Hack.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
• Lasiacis rhizophora (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Greater Antilles
• Lasiacis rugelii (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, Cuba
• Lasiacis ruscifolia (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Chase - Florida,^[4] Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
• Lasiacis scabrior Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
• Lasiacis sloanei (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
• Lasiacis standleyi Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America

formerly included

see Acroceras

• Lasiacis excavata - Acroceras excavatum

Notes and References

1. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38162151#page/571/mode/1up Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf 1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 551-552
2. http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00330.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
3. http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/search?q=Lasiacis The Plant List search for Lasiacis
4. http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lasiacis%20ruscifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Lasiacis ruscifolia