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|accepted_name=Gibasis
|accepted_authority=Rafinesque
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Flora Telluriana
|place=2: 16. 1837
|year=1837
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|basionyms=
|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
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Herbs,</b> perennial or annual. <b>Roots</b> fibrous [tuberous]. <b>Leaves</b> 2-ranked [spirally arranged]; blade sessile. <b>Inflorescences</b> terminal and sometimes axillary, pairs or umbels of cymes, cymes pedunculate, axis sharply angled at junction with peduncle; spathaceous bract absent; bracteoles persistent. <b>Flowers</b> bisexual, radially symmetric; pedicels well developed; sepals distinct, subequal; petals distinct, white [to pink or blue], equal; stamens 6, all fertile, equal; filaments bearded; ovary 3-locular, ovules 2 per locule, 1-seriate. <b>Capsules</b> 3-valved, 3-locular. <b>Seeds</b> 2 per locule; hilum elongate-punctiform to linear; embryotega abaxial. <b>x</b> = 4, 5, 6.</span><!--

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|distribution=neotropical;centered in Mexico.
|discussion=<p>Species 11 (1 in the flora).</p>
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|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
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