Gelasine
Sign in to saveGelasine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1840. The entire group is endemic to South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassLiliopsida
- OrderAsparagales
- FamilyIridaceae
Native toArgentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay, Uruguay
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 46
- With media
- 9
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Collections
- US, UFRGS, CENARGEN, MO, NHMUK, UCS
- Recorded in
- Brazil, Brasil, United States, Paraguay, Argentina
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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.
The genus name is derived from the Greek word gelasînos, meaning "dimple".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gelasine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.