''Blepharis'' is a genus of
plant
Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...
in family
Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae () is a Family (biology), family (the acanthus family) of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species. Most are Tropics, tropical Herbaceous plant, herbs, shrubs, or twining vines; some are epip ...
. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia.
[ In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the carbon fixation pathway. ]Phylogenetic
In biology, phylogenetics () is the study of the evolutionary history of life using observable characteristics of organisms (or genes), which is known as phylogenetic inference. It infers the relationship among organisms based on empirical dat ...
analysis suggests that this pathway evolved up to three times independently in the genus over the last five million years.[ ]
The genus is named after the Greek word βλεφαριϛ, which means eyelash.
Species
128 species are accepted.[
* '' Blepharis acanthodioides''
* '' Blepharis acuminata''
* '' Blepharis aequisepala'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis affinis''
* '' Blepharis angusta''
* '' Blepharis aspera''
* '' Blepharis asteracantha''
* '' Blepharis attenuata'' Napper
* '' Blepharis bainesii''
* '' Blepharis boranensis'' Vollesen
* '']Blepharis breyeri
''Blepharis'' is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the ca ...
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* '' Blepharis buchneri''
* '' Blepharis burundiensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis calcitrapa''
* '' Blepharis capensis''
* '' Blepharis chrysotricha''
* '' Blepharis ciliaris''
* '' Blepharis crinita'' Juss.
* '' Blepharis cuanzensis''
* '' Blepharis cuspidata''
* '' Blepharis decussata''
* ''Blepharis dhofarensis
''Blepharis dhofarensis'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is a shrub that grows to around 5m tall and is found in Oman and Yemen. ''Blepharis dhofarensis'' grows on wet escarpment woodlands and it prefers dense thickets on ste ...
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* ''Blepharis dilatata
''Blepharis'' is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the ca ...
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* '' Blepharis diplodonta'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis diversispina''
* '' Blepharis drummondii'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis dunensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis duvigneaudii'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis edulis''
* '' Blepharis eilensis''
* '' Blepharis espinosa''
* '' Blepharis exigua''
* '' Blepharis fenestralis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis ferox''
* '' Blepharis flava'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis fleckii''
* '' Blepharis forgiarinii''
* '' Blepharis furcata''
* '' Blepharis gazensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis gigantea''
* '' Blepharis glinus''
* '' Blepharis glomerans''
* '' Blepharis glumacea''
* '' Blepharis grandis''
* '' Blepharis grossa'' (Nees) T.Anderson
* '' Blepharis gypsophila'' Thulin & Vollesen
* '' Blepharis hildebrandtii''
* '' Blepharis hirtinervia''
* '' Blepharis huillensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis ilicifolia''
* '' Blepharis ilicina''
* '' Blepharis inaequalis''
* '' Blepharis inermis''
* '' Blepharis inflata'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis innocua''
* '' Blepharis inopinata'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis integrifolia''
* '' Blepharis involucrata''
* '' Blepharis itigiensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis javanica''
* '' Blepharis katangensis''
* '' Blepharis kenyensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis kuriensis''
* '' Blepharis laevifolia'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis lawsonii''
* '' Blepharis leendertziae''
* '' Blepharis linariifolia'' Pers.
Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (31 December 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a Cape Colony mycologist who is recognized as one of the founders of mycological taxonomy.
Early life
Persoon was born in Cape Colony at the Cape of Good Hope, the thi ...
* '' Blepharis longifolia''
* '' Blepharis longispica''
* '' Blepharis macra'' (Nees
Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (14 February 1776 – 16 March 1858) was a prolific German botanist, physician, zoologist, and natural philosopher. He was a contemporary of Goethe and was born within the lifetime of Linnaeus. ...
) Vollesen
* '' Blepharis maculata''
* '' Blepharis maderaspatensis'' ( L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
* '' Blepharis marginata''
* '' Blepharis menocotyle''
* '' Blepharis meyeri'' Vollesen
* ''Blepharis mitrata
''Blepharis mitrata'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas of Namibia, such as the Khomas Honchland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The whole plant is very spiny. ...
'' C.B.Clarke
* '' Blepharis montana'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis natalensis''
* '' Blepharis noli-me-tangere''
* '' Blepharis obermeyerae'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis obmitrata''
* '' Blepharis obtusisepala''
* '' Blepharis ogadenensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis panduriformis''
* '' Blepharis paradoxa''
* '' Blepharis pascuorum''
* '' Blepharis petalidioides'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis petraea'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis pratensis''
* '' Blepharis procumbens''
* '' Blepharis pruinosa''
* '' Blepharis pungens''
* '' Blepharis pusilla'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis reekmansii'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis refracta''
* '' Blepharis richardsiae'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis saudensis''
* '' Blepharis scandens'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis scindica''
* '' Blepharis sericea'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis serrulata''
* '' Blepharis sinuata''
* '' Blepharis sol''
* ''Blepharis somaliensis
''Blepharis'' is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the C4 c ...
'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis spiculifolia'' Balf.f.
Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxfor ...
* ''Blepharis spinescens
''Blepharis'' is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the C4 c ...
'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis spinifex''
* '' Blepharis spinipes'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis squarrosa''
* '' Blepharis stainbankiae''
* '' Blepharis stuhlmannii''
* '' Blepharis subglabra'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis subvolubilis''
* '' Blepharis swaziensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis tanae''
* '' Blepharis tanganyikensis'' (Napper) Vollesen
* '' Blepharis tanzaniensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis tenuiramea''
* '' Blepharis tetrasticha''
* '' Blepharis thulinii'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis torrei'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis trifida'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis trispina''
* '' Blepharis turkanae'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis uniflora''
* '' Blepharis uzondoensis'' Vollesen
* '' Blepharis welwitschii''
References
External links
Acanthaceae genera
Paleotropical flora
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
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