Lasiacis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Poales

Familia: Poaceae
Subfamilia: Panicoideae
Tribus: Paniceae
Subtribus: Boivinellinae
Genus: Lasiacis
Species: L. anomala – L. divaricata – L. grisebachii – L. ligulata – L. linearis – L. maculata – L. nigra – L. oaxacensis – L. procerrima – L. rhizophora – L. rugelii – L. ruscifolia – L. scabrior – L. sloanei – L. standleyi
Name

Lasiacis (Griseb.) Hitchc., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 15: 16 (1910)
Type species: Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc., Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 15: 16 (1910)

References

Hitchcock, A.S. (1910) Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 15: 16.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2013. Lasiacis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24. Reference page.
Simon, B.K., Clayton, W.D., Harman, K.T., Vorontsova, M., Brake, I., Healy, D. & Alfonso, Y. 2013. GrassWorld, Lasiacis. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
Tropicos.org 2013. Lasiacis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2013 Nov. 24.
International Plant Names Index. 2013. Lasiacis. Published online. Accessed: 24 Nov. 2013.

Lasiacis (smallcane)[5] is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.[1][6][7]
Species

[4][8]

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,[9] 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

[4] see Acroceras

Lasiacis excavata - Acroceras excavatum

References

Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1910. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 15: 16
International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) see §7.3, mandating that the type of the basionym is the type of the derivative taxon
Tropicos, Lasiacis (Griseb.) Hitchc.
Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
"Lasiacis". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf 1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 551-552 as Panicum section Lasiacis
Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora
The Plant List search for Lasiacis
Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Lasiacis ruscifolia