Elasis

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon = Elasis

|authority = D.R.Hunt

|subdivision_ranks = Species

|subdivision =

• Elasis guatemalensis {{small|(C.B.Clarke) M.Pell.}}
• Elasis hirsuta {{small|(Kunth) D.R.Hunt}}

|subdivision_ref = {{cite web |title=Elasis D.R.Hunt |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7269-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=24 March 2025}}

}}

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 {{small|(C.B.Clarke) M.Pell.}} – southern Mexico to Nicaragua
• Elasis hirsuta {{small|(Kunth) D.R.Hunt}} – Ecuador