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Elasis

Elasis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae. It includes two species of subshrubs native to southern Mexico, Central America, and Ecuador.Elasis guatemalensis (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. – southern Mexico to Nicaragua Elasis hirsuta (Kunth) D.R.Hunt – Ecuador

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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Clade: Commelinids
Order: Commelinales
Family: Commelinaceae
Subtribe: Tradescantiinae
Genus: Elasis
D.R.Hunt
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Elasis is a genus of flowering plants in the family Commelinaceae. It includes two species of subshrubs native to southern Mexico, Central America, and Ecuador.

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