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Lasiacis divaricata

Botanic Family

Poaceae

Author

(Linnaeus) Hitchcock

Common Names

• Bambou-marron (Haiti)

Geographical Habitats

• N. Argentina
• Bahamas
• Belize
• Bolivia
• Brazil
• Cayman Islands
• Colombia
• Costa Rica
• Cuba
• Ecuador
• El Salvador
• Guatemala
• Hispaniola
• Honduras
• Jamaica
• Leeward Islands
• Nuevo Leon
• San Luis Potosi
• Sinaloa
• Yucatán - Mexico
• Netherland Antilles
• Nicaragua
• Panama
• Paraguay
• Peru
• Puerto Rico
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Turks & Caicos Islands
• Florida
• Virgin Islands - USA
• Venezuela
• Venezuelan Antilles
• Windward Islands

Natural Habitats

• Secondary vegetation
• disturbed areas
• woodland
• forest margin
• riverside
• coastal
• montane areas
• forest
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Sep-Feb (Puerto Rico)

Fruiting Times

Perennial shrubby grass, woody culms climbing to 4m. Glabrous leaves 160mm x 20mm with some hairs mid-vein, scabrous on margin. Panicles to 200mm long with secondary axes to 120mm long, spikelets to 4.3mm x 2.6mm, glume 1.5mm long

Further References

• The Plant List 2
• VOPR
• Kew
• FOPE
• USNH
• Gleason & Moldenke
• SAFIO
• Standley