Gelasine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1840. The entire group is endemic to South America.[1][2]
| Gelasine | |
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| Gelasine elongata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Iridaceae |
| Subfamily: | Iridoideae |
| Tribe: | Tigridieae |
| Genus: | Gelasine Herbert |
| Type species | |
| Gelasine azurea Herbert
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The genus name is derived from the Greek word gelasinus, meaning "dimple".[3]
- Species[1]
- Gelasine caldensis Ravenna - Minas Gerais
- Gelasine coerulea (Vell.) Ravenna - Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
- Gelasine elongata (Graham) Ravenna - southern Brazil, Urubual, northeastern Argentina
- Gelasine gigantea Ravenna - central Brazil
- Gelasine paranaensis Ravenna - Paraná State in southern Brazil
- Gelasine rigida Ravenna - Minas Gerais
- Gelasine uruguaiensis Ravenna - Uruguay
References edit
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- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Ravenna, P. (1984). The delimitation of Gelasine (Iridaceae), and G. uruguaiensis sp. nov. from Uruguay. Nordic Journal of Botany 4(3), 347-50.
- ^ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 242–43. ISBN 978-0-88192-897-6.
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