Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc.
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Poaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Culm glabrous, smooth, much branched, erect or arching, 2-3 m. long, the branches sometimes pendent. Sheaths ciliate; leaves glabrous, acuminate, those of the main culm 8-12 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, those of the branches smaller; panicle 5-10 cm. long, its slender branches spreading; spikelets swollen, 4-5 mm. long, the scales tipped with woolly hairs, the broad lower scale clasping.
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Distribution
Coppices and scrub-lands. Great Bahama, Abaco. Andros. New Providence, Rose Island, Eleuthera, Cat Island. Little San Salvador, Watling's Island, Rum Cay, Conception Island, Crooked Island, Acklin's Island, Fortune Island, North Caicos, Little Inagua. Inagua, and Anguilla Isles : southern Florida ; West Indies and continental tropical America. Cane-grass. Wild Cane.
Andros Island Bahamas South America| Eleuthera Bahamas South America| Cat Island Bahamas South America| Crooked Island Bahamas South America| Turks and Caicos Islands South America| Inagua Bahamas South America| Anguilla South America| Florida United States of America North America| West Indies|