Biology:Gibasis
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Short description: Genus of flowering plants
| Gibasis | |
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| Gibasis oaxacana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Commelinales |
| Family: | Commelinaceae |
| Subfamily: | Commelinoideae |
| Tribe: | Tradescantieae |
| Subtribe: | Tradescantiinae |
| Genus: | Gibasis Raf. |
Gibasis is a genus of flowering plants within the Commelinaceae family, first described in 1837. It is native to the Western Hemisphere from Texas and the West Indies south to Argentina , with most of the species native to Mexico.[1][2][3]
It is closely related to the genus Tradescantia and some of the species used to be classified as tradescantias in the past, for instance Gibasis geniculata as Tradescantia geniculata.
Species
The genus contains the following species:[1]
- Gibasis chihuahuensis (Standl.) Rohweder – Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán
- Gibasis consobrina D.R.Hunt – Oaxaca, Veracruz
- Gibasis geniculata (Jacq.) Rohweder – from Durango + San Luis Potosí south to Argentina; Wilson County in south-central Texas[4]
- Gibasis gypsophila B.L.Turner – Nuevo León
- Gibasis hintoniorum B.L.Turner – Nuevo León
- Gibasis karwinskyana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Rohweder – Nuevo León, Tamaulipas
- Gibasis linearis (Benth.) Rohweder – Coahuila, Chihuahua
- Gibasis matudae D.R.Hunt ex Stant – Veracruz, Oaxaca
- Gibasis oaxacana D.R.Hunt – Oaxaca
- Gibasis pauciflora (Urb. & Ekman) D.R.Hunt – Cuba, Dominican Republic
- Gibasis pellucida (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, naturalized in Florida + Texas[5]
- Gibasis pulchella (Kunth) Raf. – Central + Southern Mexico, Colombia
- Gibasis triflora (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt – Guatemala, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Nayarit, Veracruz
- Gibasis venustula (Kunth) D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ↑ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150906080403/http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010/. Retrieved 2015-08-20.. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
- ↑ Hunt, D. R. 1994. 257. Commelinaceae. 6: 157–173. In G. Davidse, M. Sousa Sánchez & A.O. Chater (eds.) Flora Mesoamericana. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D. F.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for Gibasis geniculata
- ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for Gibasis pellucida
Wikidata ☰ Q5558666 entry
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