Gelasine

Gelasine
Gelasine elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Subfamily: Iridoideae
Tribe: Tigridieae
Genus: Gelasine
Herbert
Type species
Gelasine azurea
Herbert
Synonyms[1]

Sphenostigma Baker

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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]

The genus name is derived from the Greek word gelasinus, meaning "dimple".[3]

Species[1]
  1. Gelasine caldensis Ravenna - Minas Gerais
  2. Gelasine coerulea (Vell.) Ravenna - Paraguay, southeastern Brazil, Misiones Province of Argentina
  3. Gelasine elongata (Graham) Ravenna - southern Brazil, Urubual, northeastern Argentina
  4. Gelasine gigantea Ravenna - central Brazil
  5. Gelasine paranaensis Ravenna - Paraná State in southern Brazil
  6. Gelasine rigida Ravenna - Minas Gerais
  7. Gelasine uruguaiensis Ravenna - Uruguay

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ↑ Ravenna, P. (1984). The delimitation of Gelasine (Iridaceae), and G. uruguaiensis sp. nov. from Uruguay. Nordic Journal of Botany 4(3), 347-50.
  3. ↑ Manning, John; Goldblatt, Peter (2008). The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification. Portland, Oregon: Timber Press. pp. 242–43. ISBN 0-88192-897-6.


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