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.

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.[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. 1 2 3 "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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