Gibasis

Gibasis is 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]

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 and external links

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Forzza, R. C. 2010. Lista de espécies Flora do Brasil http://floradobrasil.jbrj.gov.br/2010. 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