Gelasine

Gelasine
Gelasine elongata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Iridaceae
Subfamily:	Iridoideae
Tribe:	Tigridieae
Genus:	Gelasine Herb.
Type species
Gelasine azurea Herb.
Synonyms [1]
SphenostigmaBaker

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 gelasînos, meaning "dimple". ^[3]

Species ^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	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 goodspeediana (R.C.Foster) Celis & Goldblatt	Bolivia
	Gelasine paranaensis Ravenna	Paraná State in southern Brazil
	Gelasine rigida Ravenna	Minas Gerais
	Gelasine uruguaiensis Ravenna	Uruguay

References

1. 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   978-0-88192-897-6.