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Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase

Lasiacis ligulata

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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.[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. ^ a b c "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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Lasiacis ligulata: Brief Summary

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

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