Gelasine is a genus of flowering plants in the family Iridaceae, first described in 1840. The entire group is native to South America.
The genus name is derived from the Greek word gelasînos, meaning "dimple".
Species
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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 & Goldblatt
Bolivia
Gelasine paranaensis Ravenna
Paraná State in southern Brazil
