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|accepted_name=Gibasis
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
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|title=Flora Telluriana
|place=2: 16. 1837
|year=1837
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Commelinaceae;Gibasis
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Commelinaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Gibasis]]</div></div>
|etymology=Latin gibbus, swollen, and basis, base
|volume=Volume 22
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--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism duration;whole_organism growth form"><b>Herbs,</b> perennial or annual.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="root texture"><b>Roots </b>fibrous [tuberous].</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf arrangement"><b>Leaves </b>2-ranked [spirally arranged];</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade architecture">blade sessile.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="inflorescence position or structure subtype;inflorescence position;cyme architecture;axis shape"><b>Inflorescences </b>terminal and sometimes axillary, pairs or umbels of cymes, cymes pedunculate, axis sharply angled at junction with peduncle;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="bract architecture;bract presence">spathaceous bract absent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="bracteole duration">bracteoles persistent.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="flower reproduction;flower architecture or shape"><b>Flowers </b>bisexual, radially symmetric;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="pedicel development">pedicels well developed;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="sepal fusion;sepal size">sepals distinct, subequal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="petal fusion;petal coloration;petal variability">petals distinct, white [to pink or blue], equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="stamen quantity;stamen reproduction;stamen variability">stamens 6, all fertile, equal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="filament pubescence">filaments bearded;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="ovary architecture or structure in adjective form;ovule quantity;ovule architecture or arrangement">ovary 3-locular, ovules 2 per locule, 1-seriate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="capsule architecture;capsule architecture or structure in adjective form"><b>Capsules </b>3-valved, 3-locular.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="seed quantity"><b>Seeds </b>2 per locule;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="hilum shape">hilum elongate-punctiform to linear;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="">embryotega abaxial.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="embryotegum position;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity;x chromosome quantity">x = 4, 5, 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=neotropical;centered in Mexico
|introduced=true
|discussion=<p>Species 11 (1 in the flora).</p>
|tables=
|references={{Treatment/Reference
|id=hunt1986a
|text=Hunt, D. R. 1986c. A revision of Gibasis Rafin. American Commelinaceae: XII. Kew Bull. 41: 107--129.
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|id=rohweder1956a
|text=Rohweder, O. 1956. Commelinaceae in die Farinosae in der Vegetation von El Salvador. Abh. Auslandsk., Reihe C, Naturwiss. 18: 98--178.
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name=Gibasis
|authority=Rafinesque
|rank=genus
|parent rank=family
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Commelinaceae
|distribution=neotropical;centered in Mexico
|introduced=true
|reference=hunt1986a;rohweder1956a
|publication title=Flora Telluriana
|publication year=1837
|special status=
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|genus=Gibasis
|axis shape=angled
|blade architecture=sessile
|bract architecture=spathaceous
|bract presence=absent
|bracteole duration=persistent
|capsule architecture=3-valved
|capsule architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|cyme architecture=pedunculate
|embryotegum position=abaxial
|filament pubescence=bearded
|flower architecture or shape=symmetric
|flower reproduction=bisexual
|hilum shape=elongate-punctiform;linear
|inflorescence position=axillary
|inflorescence position or structure subtype=terminal
|leaf arrangement=2-ranked
|ovary architecture or structure in adjective form=3-locular
|ovule architecture or arrangement=1-seriate
|ovule quantity=2
|pedicel development=developed
|petal coloration=white
|petal fusion=distinct
|petal variability=equal
|root texture=fibrous
|seed quantity=2
|sepal fusion=distinct
|sepal size=subequal
|stamen quantity=6
|stamen reproduction=fertile
|stamen variability=equal
|whole_organism duration=annual;perennial
|whole_organism growth form=herb
|x chromosome quantity=6;5;4
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