Gibasis geniculata(Jacq.) Rohweder

Tahitian bridalveil

WFO wfo-0000429743 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Fede y Vani
fig. a Fede y Vani, CC0 1.0 / 2021-12-12 / obs. 172175119
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Victor Farjalla Pontes
fig. b Victor Farjalla Pontes, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 140960177
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by John G. Phillips
fig. c John G. Phillips, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 126491591
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Carrie Seltzer
fig. d Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 32247463
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. e Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 11891348
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Don Johnston
fig. f Don Johnston, CC0 1.0 / obs. 133935210
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal
fig. g Círculo de Investigación en Taxonomía, Florística y Ecología Vegetal, CC0 1.0 / obs. 181074477
Gibasis geniculata, photographed by pricklybriar
fig. h pricklybriar, CC0 1.0 / obs. 59341669

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Native range 32 botanical countries

Regions where Gibasis geniculata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Argentina Northeast, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is. Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico NortheastMexico SoutheastMexico SouthwestArgentina NortheastBelizeBoliviaBrazil NortheastBrazil SouthBrazil SoutheastColombiaCosta RicaCubaDominican RepublicEcuadorEl SalvadorFrench GuianaGuatemalaGuyanaHaitiHondurasNicaraguaPanamáParaguayPeruPuerto RicoSurinameTrinidad-TobagoVenezuela Leeward Is.Windward Is.
Native distribution of Gibasis geniculata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northeast AGE SOUTHERN AMERICA
Belize BLZ
Bolivia BOL
Brazil Northeast BZE
Brazil South BZS
Brazil Southeast BZL
Colombia CLM
Costa Rica COS
Cuba CUB
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECU
El Salvador ELS
French Guiana FRG
Guatemala GUA
Guyana GUY
Haiti HAI
Honduras HON
Leeward Is. LEE
Nicaragua NIC
Panamá PAN
Paraguay PAR
Peru PER
Puerto Rico PUE
Suriname SUR
Trinidad-Tobago TRT
Venezuela VEN
Windward Is. WIN
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Gulf MXG
Mexico Northeast MXE
Mexico Southeast MXT
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 12 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Aneilema filipes Mart.
  • Aneilema geniculata (Jacq.) Woodson
  • Callisia diffusa Pohl ex Seub.
  • Tradescantia consanguinea Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke
  • Tradescantia decumbens Klotzsch
  • Tradescantia effusa Mart.
  • Tradescantia floribunda Kunth
  • Tradescantia geniculata Jacq.
  • Tradescantia geniculata var. kunthiana (Seub. ex Mart.) C.B.Clarke
  • Tradescantia hypophaea G.Koch & Bouch.
  • Tradescantia hypophaea K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
  • Tradescantia kunthiana Seub.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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