Gelasine Explained

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 gelasinus, meaning "dimple".^[3]

Species^[1]

• 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 paranaensis Ravenna - Paraná State in southern Brazil
• Gelasine rigida Ravenna - Minas Gerais
• Gelasine uruguaiensis Ravenna - Uruguay

Notes and References

1. http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=327677 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. Book: Manning, John . Goldblatt, Peter . The Iris Family: Natural History & Classification . Timber Press . Portland, Oregon. 242–43 . 2008. 978-0-88192-897-6.