Lasiacis ligulata

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  • Panicum divaricatum var. puberulum Griseb.
  • Panicum megacarpum Steud.

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Lasiacis ligulata is a species of grass found in the Caribbean and Tropical South America.

Taxonomy

Lasiacis ligulata was described by Albert Spear Hitchcock and Mary Agnes Chase in 1917. The type specimen was collected in Trinidad, between bushes by a stream.

Description

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Lasiacis ligulata is a perennial, tuft-forming plant with rambling or climbing, woody culms that grow 1–5 m long and 6–13 mm thick. Leaf-blades are lanceolate, 7–14 cm long and 10–22 mm wide. The inflorescence is a 2–17 cm long panicle with individual spikelets containing one basal, sterile floret and one fertile floret.

Distribution

The species is found from the Caribbean to northern and western South America, including Brazil.

References

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{{cite journal |last1=Hitchcock |first1=A.S. |last2=Chase |first2=M.A. |title=Grasses of the West Indies |journal=Contributions from the United States National Herbarium |volume=18 |issue=7 |pages=337 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/372846#page/512/mode/1up }}

{{cite web |title=Plants of the World online: Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135703-2 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |accessdate=2021-03-04 }}

{{cite web |title=Tropicos: Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase |url=https://tropicos.org/name/25512120 |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden |accessdate=2021-03-04 }}

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Category:Panicoideae

Category:Plants described in 1917