Elasis

Elasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
(unranked): Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subfamily: Cartonematoideae
Tribe: Triceratelleae
Genus: Elasis
D.R.Hunt
Binomial name
Elasis hirsuta
(Kunth) D.R.Hunt
Synonyms[1]

Tradescantia hirsuta Kunth

Elasis is a genus of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the dayflower family, first described as a genus in 1978. The genus consists of a single species, Elasis hirsuta endemic to Ecuador.[1]

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