Elasis
| Elasis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| 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.
- Elasis guatemalensis (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. – southern Mexico to Nicaragua
- Elasis hirsuta (Kunth) D.R.Hunt – Ecuador