Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum

Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum is a species of flowering plant in the family Commelinaceae. It is a tuberous geophyte endemic to central and southwestern Mexico (Puebla, Morelos, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca).^[1][2][3][4]

Clade:Embryophytes

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Monocots

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Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Clade:	Commelinids
Order:	Commelinales
Family:	Commelinaceae
Subfamily:	Commelinoideae
Tribe:	Tradescantieae
Subtribe:	Thyrsanthemineae
Genus:	Thyrsanthemum
Species:	T. laxiflorum
Binomial name
Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum (C.B.Clarke) M.Pell. & Espejo
Synonyms[1]
Descantaria laxiflora (C.B.Clarke) G.Brückn Gibasoides laxiflora (C.B.Clarke) D.R.Hunt Tradescantia laxiflora C.B.Clarke

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The species was first described as Tradescantia laxiflora by Charles Baron Clarke in 1881. In 1978 David Richard Hunt placed it in the monotypic genus Gibasoides as Gibasoides laxiflora. In 2021 Marco Octávio de Oliveira Pellegrini and Mario Adolfo Espejo Serna placed in genus Thyrsanthemum as Thyrsanthemum laxiflorum.^[1]