''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of Neotropical plants in the

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, found in the Americas from Mexico and

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south to Argentina.

Species

*'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia *'' Lasiacis divaricata'' (L.) Hitchc. - widespread from

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and

south to

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

*'' Lasiacis grisebachii'' (Nash) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico *''

Lasiacis ligulata ''Lasiacis ligulata'' is a species of Poaceae, 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 Trini ...

'' Hitchc. & Chase - South America, West Indies *'' Lasiacis linearis'' Swallen - Central America, Chiapas *''

Lasiacis maculata ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, ...

'' (Aubl.) Urb. - widespread from

and

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south to

*''

Lasiacis nigra ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, ...

'' Davidse - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America *''

Lasiacis oaxacensis ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, ...

'' (Steud.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Jamaica, Hispaniola *''

Lasiacis procerrima ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *''Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Co ...

'' (Hack.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America *'' Lasiacis rhizophora'' (E.Fourn.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Greater Antilles *''

Lasiacis rugelii ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, ...

'' (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, Cuba *'' Lasiacis ruscifolia'' (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Chase - Florida,Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map, ''Lasiacis ruscifolia''
/ref> Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies *''

Lasiacis scabrior ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *'' Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, ...

'' Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America *''

Lasiacis sloanei ''Lasiacis'' (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the Poaceae, grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species *''Lasiacis anomala'' Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Co ...

'' (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies *'' Lasiacis standleyi'' Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America

formerly included

see ''

Acroceras ''Acroceras'' is a genus of tropical and subtropical plants in the grass family. The genus is widespread across warmer parts of Asia, Africa, and the Americas, with a high amount of diversity in Madagascar.Ahmed, Z.U. (ed.) (2008). Encyclopedia ...

'' *''Lasiacis excavata - Acroceras excavatum''

References

Panicoideae Grasses of North America Grasses of South America Neotropical realm flora Poaceae genera Taxa named by A. S. Hitchcock Taxa named by August Grisebach {{Panicoideae-stub