Gibasis

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Cladus: Commelinids
Ordo: Commelinaless

Familia: Commelinaceae
Subfamilia: Commelinoideae
Tribus: Tradescantieae
Subtribus: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Gibasis
Species: G. chihuahuensis – G. consobrina – G. geniculata – G. gypsophila – G. hintoniorum – G. karwinskyana – G. linearis – G. matudae – G. oaxacana – G. pauciflora – G. pellucida – G. pulchella – G. triflora – G. venustula
Source(s) of checklist:

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gibasis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 30. Reference page.

Name

Gibasis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 2: 16 (1837).

Type species: Tradescantia pulchella Kunth.

References
Primary references

Rafinesque-Schmaltz, C.S. 1837 ["1836"]. Flora Telluriana. Pars Tertia. 100 pp. Philadelphia, H. Probasco. BHL Reference page. : 16.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Gibasis in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 October 30. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Gibasis. Published online. Accessed: October 30 2019.
Tropicos.org 2019. Gibasis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 October 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Gibasis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

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

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. 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