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Lasiacis
Sign in to saveLasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderPoales
- FamilyPoaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,637
- With media
- 341
- Family
- Poaceae
- Collections
- CICY, ECOSUR, IIB-UV, UNICACH, INECOL, FC-UNAM
- Recorded in
- Mexico
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- Parent taxon
- Poaceae
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- Lasiacis ligulata Hitahc. & Chase, Poaceae, Atlantic forest, northeastern Bahia, Brazil (9863762674).jpg
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- taxon common name
- smallcane
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Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.
==Species== 15 species are accepted. 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, 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
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