Gelasine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1840. The entire group is native to South America.Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesRavenna, P. (1984). The delimitation of Gelasine (Iridaceae), and G. uruguaiensis sp. nov. from Uruguay. Nordic Journal of Botany 4(3), 347-50.
The genus name is derived from the Greek word gelasînos, meaning "dimple".
Species Image Scientific name Distribution 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 goodspeediana (R.C.Foster) Celis & GoldblattBolivia Gelasine paranaensis Ravenna Paraná State in southern Brazil Gelasine rigida Ravenna Minas Gerais Gelasine uruguaiensis Ravenna Uruguay
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