{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |display_parents = 3 |taxon = Elvasia |image_alt = Illustration of Elvasia calophyllea |image_caption = Illustration of Elvasia calophyllea |image = Elvasia_calophyllea_FlBras_12_2_t70.jpg |authority = DC. (1811) |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 14; see text |subdivision_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:28044-1 ''Elvasia'' DC.] ''Plants of the World Online''. Retrieved 23 January 2024.</ref> |synonyms = *''Hostmannia'' <small>Planch. (1845)</small> *''Trichovaselia'' <small>Tiegh. (1902)</small> *''Vaselia'' <small>Tiegh. (1902)</small> |synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo/> }}
'''''Elvasia''''' is a Neotropical genus of plants in the family Ochnaceae.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elvasia DC. |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/4B2W |access-date=15 September 2023 |website=Catalogue of Life}}</ref> It includes 14 species native to the tropical Americas, ranging from Belize to Bolivia and southeastern Brazil.<ref name = powo/>
*''Elvasia bisepala'' {{small|Sastre & Whitef.}} *''Elvasia brevipedicellata'' {{small|Ule}} *''Elvasia calophyllea'' {{small|DC.}} *''Elvasia canescens'' {{small|(Tiegh.) Gilg}} *''Elvasia capixaba'' {{small|Fraga & Saavedra}} *''Elvasia elvasioides'' {{small|(Planch.) Gilg}} *''Elvasia essequibensis'' {{small|Engl.}} *''Elvasia gigantifolia'' {{small|Fraga & Saavedra}} *''Elvasia kollmannii'' {{small|Fraga & Saavedra}} *''Elvasia macrostipularis'' {{small|Sastre & Lescure}} *''Elvasia oligandra'' {{small|Cuatrec.}} *''Elvasia quinqueloba'' {{small|Spruce ex Engl.}} *''Elvasia sphaerocarpa'' {{small|R.S.Cowan}} *''Elvasia tricarpellata'' {{small|Sastre}}
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110605001708/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?4199 ''Elvasia'' information from NPGS/GRIN]
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Category:Ochnaceae Category:Ochnaceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle
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