Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Steinchisma laxa
Mijillo, Lax panicgrass
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Magnoliophyta
Class
Liliopsida (= Monocotyledoneae)
Order
Poales
Family
Poaceae
Genus
Steinchisma
Species
laxa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Panicum laxum Sw. (GBIF, 2021; POWO, 2022).
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
- GBIF Secretariat (2021) GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei Accessed via https://www.gbif.org/species/5284517
- Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (2022) Plants of the world online POWO (2022): Plants of the world online. Published on the Internet; Https://powo.science.kew.org/
- Tropicos.org. (2017) Database of Missouri Botanical Garden. Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. 06 Oct 2017 <http://www.tropicos.org
- Zuloaga, F.O. Morrone, O. (2014) Actualización de la nomenclatura de los géneros Leptocoryphium Nees y Panicum L. (Gramineae-Paniceae) de la Flora del Paraguay. Candollea, 69, 89-91. Zuloaga, F.O. & Morrone, O. (2014). Actualización de la nomenclatura de los géneros Leptocoryphium Nees y Panicum L. (Gramineae-Paniceae) de la Flora del Paraguay.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Steinchisma laxa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=20381. Accessed 5 November 2026.