Gibasis
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.
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:Gibasis chihuahuensis Rohweder – Chihuahua, Durango, MichoacánGibasis consobrina D.R.Hunt – Oaxaca, VeracruzGibasis geniculata Rohweder – from Durango + San Luis Potosí south to Argentina; Wilson County in south-central TexasGibasis gypsophila B.L.Turner – Nuevo LeónGibasis hintoniorum B.L.Turner – Nuevo LeónGibasis karwinskyana Rohweder – Nuevo León, TamaulipasGibasis linearis Rohweder – Coahuila, ChihuahuaGibasis matudae D.R.Hunt ex Stant – Veracruz, OaxacaGibasis oaxacana D.R.Hunt – OaxacaGibasis pauciflora D.R.Hunt – Cuba, Dominican RepublicGibasis pellucida D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, naturalized in Florida + Texas Gibasis pulchella Raf. – Central + Southern Mexico, ColombiaGibasis triflora D.R.Hunt – Guatemala, Jalisco, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Michoacán, Nayarit, VeracruzGibasis venustula D.R.Hunt – Central + Southern Mexico