Lax Gaping Grass

Steinchisma laxum (Sw.) Zuloaga

Steinchisma laxum (Lax Gaping Grass) is a species of perennial grass in the family true grasses. They are native to Ceará, Amazônia, Puerto Rico, Cerrado, Sergipe, Maranhao, Piauí, Mato Grosso, Rio De Janeiro, Mata Atlântica, Rio Grande Do Norte, Caatinga, Alagoas, ParaíBa, Roraima, Acre (Brazil), Tocantins, Bahia, Pará, Distrito Federal, Mato Grosso Do Sul, GoiáS, Pernambuco, RondôNia, Rio Grande Do Sul, Espirito Santo, Amapá, Paraná, Santa Catarina, SãO Paulo, Minas Gerais, and U.S. Virgin Islands.

EOL has data for 13 attributes, including:

• cellularity: multicellular
• fruit length: 1.1 mm
• fruit width: 0.5 mm
• geographic distribution includes: Peru
• habitat: tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
• life cycle habit: perennial
• native range includes: Puerto Rico
• plant growth form: herb
• produces: oxygen
• trophic guild: photoautotroph
• type specimen repository: (CAS) - CAS Botany (BOT) {http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/botany-collections}