''Gibasis'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of flowering plants within the

Commelinaceae Commelinaceae is a family of flowering plants. In less formal contexts, the group is referred to as the dayflower family or spiderwort family. It is one of five families in the order Commelinales and by far the largest of these with about 731 kn ...

family, first described in 1837. It is native to the

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from

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and the

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south to

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, with most of the species native to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

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/ref> It is closely related to the genus ''

Tradescantia ''Tradescantia'' () is a genus of 85 species of herbaceous perennial plant, perennial wildflowers in the family Commelinaceae, native to the Americas from southern Canada to northern Argentina, including the West Indies. Members of the genus are ...

'' and some of the species used to be classified as tradescantias in the past, for instance ''

Gibasis geniculata ''Gibasis geniculata'' is a trailing plant in the family Commelinaceae, native to Mexico and tropical America. The cultivated plant commonly known as Tahitian bridal veil is often labelled as ''Gibasis geniculata'', however its true species is ...

'' as ''Tradescantia geniculata''.

Species

The genus contains the following species: * '' Gibasis chihuahuensis'' (Standl.) Rohweder – Chihuahua, Durango, Michoacán * '' Gibasis consobrina'' D.R.Hunt – Oaxaca, Veracruz * ''

'' (Jacq.) Rohweder – from Durango + San Luis Potosí south to Argentina; Wilson County in south-central Texas * ''

Gibasis gypsophila ''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. It is cl ...

'' B.L.Turner – Nuevo León * ''

Gibasis hintoniorum ''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. It is cl ...

'' B.L.Turner – Nuevo León * ''

Gibasis karwinskyana ''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. It is cl ...

'' (Schult. & Schult.f.) Rohweder – Nuevo León, Tamaulipas * ''

Gibasis linearis ''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. It is cl ...

'' (Benth.) Rohweder – Coahuila, Chihuahua * ''

Gibasis matudae ''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. It is cl ...

'' D.R.Hunt ex Stant – Veracruz, Oaxaca * ''

Gibasis oaxacana ''Gibasis oaxacana'' is species of flowering plants within the Gibasis genus, first described in 1972. It is endemic to the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico Mexico (Spanish language, Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican Stat ...

'' D.R.Hunt – Oaxaca * ''

Gibasis pauciflora ''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. It is cl ...

'' (Urb. & Ekman) D.R.Hunt – Cuba, Dominican Republic * ''

Gibasis pellucida ''Gibasis pellucida'', also known as Tahitian bridal veil, is a trailing plant in the family Commelinaceae that is native to the West Indies, southwest Texas, Argentina and Mexico. In horticulture, the plant is often mislabelled as the related s ...

'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, naturalized in Florida + TexasBiota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution map for ''Gibasis pellucida''
/ref> * ''

Gibasis pulchella ''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. It is cl ...

'' (Kunth) Raf. – Central + Southern Mexico, Colombia * ''

Gibasis triflora ''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. It is cl ...

'' (M.Martens & Galeotti) D.R.Hunt – Guatemala, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Nayarit, Veracruz * ''

Gibasis venustula ''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. It is cl ...

'' (Kunth) D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5558666 Commelinales genera