What is "lasiacis"

Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina.

1. Lasiacis anomala Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia
2. Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. - widespread from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina
3. Lasiacis grisebachii (Nash) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico
4. Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase - South America, West Indies
5. Lasiacis linearis Swallen - Central America, Chiapas
6. Lasiacis maculata (Aubl.) Urb. - widespread from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina
7. Lasiacis nigra Davidse - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
8. Lasiacis oaxacensis (Steud.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Jamaica, Hispaniola
9. Lasiacis procerrima (Hack.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
10. Lasiacis rhizophora (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Greater Antilles
11. Lasiacis rugelii (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, Cuba
12. Lasiacis ruscifolia (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Chase - Florida, Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
13. Lasiacis scabrior Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
14. Lasiacis sloanei (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
15. Lasiacis standleyi Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America

see Acroceras

• Lasiacis excavata - Acroceras excavatum