Lax Gaping Grass

Steinchisma laxum (Sw.) Zuloaga

Steinchisma laxum (Lax Gaping Grass) is a species of perennial herb 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. They have simple, broad leaves. Individuals can grow to 0.71 m.

EOL has data for 19 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
• Leaf Complexity: simple
• leaf morphology: broad
• native range includes: Puerto Rico
• photosynthetic pathway: c3 photosynthetic plant
• plant growth form: herb
• trophic guild: photoautotroph
• type specimen repository: (CAS) - CAS Botany (BOT) {http://www.calacademy.org/scientists/botany-collections}