title: Lasiacis
text: # Lasiacis
  
  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, Bolivia
  * Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. - widespread from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina
  * Lasiacis grisebachii (Nash) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico
  * Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase - South America, West Indies
  * Lasiacis linearis Swallen - Central America, Chiapas
  * Lasiacis maculata (Aubl.) Urb. - widespread from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina
  * Lasiacis nigra Davidse - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
  * Lasiacis oaxacensis (Steud.) Hitchc. ex Chase - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, Jamaica, Hispaniola
  * Lasiacis procerrima (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 (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Hispaniola, Cuba
  * Lasiacis ruscifolia (Kunth) Hitchc. ex Chase - Florida, Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
  * Lasiacis scabrior Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
  * Lasiacis sloanei (Griseb.) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America, West Indies
  * Lasiacis standleyi Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America
  
  ## formerly included
  
  see Acroceras
  
  * Lasiacis excavata - Acroceras excavatum
  