Lasiacis sloanei (Griseb.) Hitchc. (Bot. Gaz. 51: 302. 1911.)
Localities: West Indies (native), Lesser Antilles (native) [Antigua, Grenada, Martinique, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (native), Cuba (native), Hispaniola (native)[ Dominican Republic, Gonave, Haiti,], Puerto Rico (native)[], ], North America (Mexico), Mexico (native), Central America (native), South America (native),
Common Names: Calimete (Dominican Republic), Calumete (Haiti), Calumette (Haiti), Canutillo (Cuba), Canutillo cimarrón (Cuba), Tibisí (Cuba),
Synonyms: Panicum compactum Sw. ex Wikstr. (Adnot. Bot. 14. 1829.), Panicum sloanei Griseb. (Fl. Brit. W. I. 551. 1864.),
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