Lasiacis ligulata

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

Lasiacis ligulata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Poales
Family: Poaceae
Subfamily: Panicoideae
Genus: Lasiacis
Species:
L. ligulata
Binomial name
Lasiacis ligulata
Synonyms[1]
  • Panicum divaricatum var. puberulum Griseb.
  • Panicum megacarpum Steud.

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.[2][3]

Description
Close-up view of spikelets in a panicle

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.[1]

Distribution

The species is found from the Caribbean to northern and western South America, including Brazil.[1]

References
  1. "Plants of the World online: Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  2. Hitchcock, A.S.; Chase, M.A. "Grasses of the West Indies". Contributions from the United States National Herbarium. 18 (7): 337.
  3. "Tropicos: Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
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