Lasiacis (smallcane) is a genus of Neotropical plants in the grass family, found in the Americas from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina. Species 1. \n* Lasiacis anomala Hitchc. - Trinidad, Venezuela, Guayana, Suriname, Brazil, Colombia, Bolivia 2. \n* Lasiacis divaricata (L.) Hitchc. - widespread from Mexico and Florida south to Argentina 3. \n* Lasiacis grisebachii (Nash) Hitchc. - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Puerto Rico 4. \n* Lasiacis ligulata Hitchc. & Chase - South America, West Indies 5. \n* Lasiacis linearis Swallen - Central America, Chiapas 6. \n* Lasiacis maculata (Aubl.) Urb. - widespread from Mexico and Cuba south to Argentina 7. \n* Lasiacis nigra Davidse - Mexico, Central America, northwestern South America 8. \n* Lasiacis oaxacensis (Steud.) Hitchc. ex Chase -