Lasiacis
{{Short description|Genus of grasses}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Lasiacis ligulata Hitahc. & Chase, Poaceae, Atlantic forest, northeastern Bahia, Brazil (9863774855).jpg
| image_caption = Lasiacis ligulata
| display_parents = 4
| taxon = Lasiacis
| authority =(Griseb.) Hitchc.
| type_species = Panicum divaricatum
| type_species_authority = L.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/371404#page/29/mode/1up Hitchcock, Albert Spear 1910. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 15: 16][http://www.iapt-taxon.org/nomen/main.php?page=art7 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
| synonyms =
- Panicum section Lasiacis Griseb.
- Panicum series. Lasiacis (Griseb.) Benth. & Hook.f.
| synonyms_ref = [http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40002109 Tropicos, Lasiacis (Griseb.) Hitchc.][http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=421955 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]
}}
Lasiacis (smallcane){{PLANTS|id=LASIA|taxon=Lasiacis|accessdate=30 May 2015}} is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38162151#page/571/mode/1up Grisebach, August Heinrich Rudolf 1864. Flora of the British West Indian Islands 551-552] as Panicum section Lasiacis[http://www.kew.org/data/grasses-db/www/gen00330.htm Grassbase - The World Online Grass Flora]
Species
15 species are accepted.{{cite web |title=Lasiacis (Griseb.) Hitchc. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:294721-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=14 May 2025}}
- 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,[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Lasiacis%20ruscifolia.png Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, Lasiacis ruscifolia] 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
References
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Category:Flora of the Neotropical realm
Category:Grasses of North America
Category:Grasses of South America
Category:Taxa named by A. S. Hitchcock
Category:Taxa named by August Grisebach
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