Lasiacis

Lasiacis ligulata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poales
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)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Tropical & Subtropical America Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Bahamas, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Florida, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Southwest Caribbean, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Hitchcock, A.S. 1910. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 15: 16.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 2011. World checklist of selected plant families published update. Facilitated by the Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Lasiacis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2022. Lasiacis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2022. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2022 October 18. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2022. Lasiacis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 October 2022.
• International Plant Names Index. 2022. Lasiacis. Published online. Accessed: October 18 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Small Cane
മലയാളം: ലാസിയാസിസ്

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