Gibasis geniculata

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| image_caption = Herbarium specimen

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| image2_caption = In cultivation.

| genus = Gibasis

| species = geniculata

| authority = (Jacq.) Rohweder

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| synonyms = Tradescantia kunthiana Seub.
Tradescantia hypophaea K.Koch & C.D.Bouché
Tradescantia geniculata kunthiana
Tradescantia geniculata Jacq.
Tradescantia floribunda Kunth
Tradescantia effusa Mart. ex Schult.f.
Tradescantia decumbens Klotzsch
Tradescantia consanguinea Klotzsch ex C.B.Clarke
Callisia diffusa Pohl ex Seub.
Aneilema geniculata (Jacq.) Woodson
Aneilema filipes Mart.

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Gibasis geniculata is a trailing plant in the family Commelinaceae, native to Mexico and tropical America.{{cite web |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:109891-2|title=Gibasis geniculata|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date=30 Jan 2022}}

The cultivated plant commonly known as Tahitian bridal veil is often mis-labelled as Gibasis geniculata, however its true species is Gibasis pellucida.{{cite journal |title=Nomenclature of Tahitian Bridal Veil |journal=HortTechnology |date=Apr 1995 |volume=5 |issue=2 |doi=10.21273/HORTTECH.5.2.144 |url=https://journals.ashs.org/horttech/view/journals/horttech/5/2/article-p144.xml |access-date=30 January 2022|last1=Fantz |first1=Paul R. |last2=Nelson |first2=Paul |pages=144–146 |doi-access=free }}