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

Elasis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subtribe:	Tradescantiinae
Genus:	Elasis D.R.Hunt
Species[1]
Elasis guatemalensis (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. Elasis hirsuta (Kunth) D.R.Hunt