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Blepharis is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 126 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa over Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section Acanthodium, there are 13–15 species that use the C₄ carbon fixation pathway. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that this pathway evolved up to three times independently in the genus over the last five million years.[1]

Blepharis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Lamiales
Family:	Acanthaceae
Subfamily:	Acanthoideae
Tribe:	Acantheae
Genus:	Blepharis Juss.
Synonyms
Acanthodium Delile

Species (selection)

• Blepharis aequisepala Vollesen
• Blepharis attenuata Napper
• Blepharis boranensis Vollesen
• Blepharis burundiensis Vollesen
• Blepharis ciliaris
• Blepharis crinita Juss.
• Blepharis dhofarensis, A.G.Mill. [es; pt]
• Blepharis diplodonta Vollesen
• Blepharis drummondii Vollesen
• Blepharis dunensis Vollesen
• Blepharis duvigneaudii Vollesen
• Blepharis edulis
• Blepharis fenestralis Vollesen
• Blepharis flava Vollesen
• Blepharis gazensis Vollesen
• Blepharis grossa T.Anderson
• Blepharis gypsophila Thulin & Vollesen
• Blepharis huillensis Vollesen
• Blepharis inflata Vollesen
• Blepharis inopinata Vollesen
• Blepharis itigiensis Vollesen
• Blepharis kenyensis Vollesen
• Blepharis laevifolia Vollesen
• Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
• Blepharis macra (Nees) Vollesen
• Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
• Blepharis meyeri Vollesen
• Blepharis mitrata C.B.Clarke
• Blepharis montana Vollesen
• Blepharis obermeyerae Vollesen
• Blepharis ogadenensis Vollesen
• Blepharis petalidioides Vollesen
• Blepharis petraea Vollesen
• Blepharis pusilla Vollesen
• Blepharis reekmansii Vollesen
• Blepharis richardsiae Vollesen
• Blepharis scandens Vollesen
• Blepharis sericea Vollesen
• Blepharis sindica
• Blepharis somaliensis Vollesen
• Blepharis spiculifolia Balf.f.
• Blepharis spinescens Vollesen
• Blepharis spinipes Vollesen
• Blepharis subglabra Vollesen
• Blepharis swaziensis Vollesen
• Blepharis tanganyikensis (Napper) Vollesen
• Blepharis tanzaniensis Vollesen
• Blepharis thulinii Vollesen
• Blepharis torrei Vollesen
• Blepharis trifida Vollesen
• Blepharis turkanae Vollesen
• Blepharis uzondoensis Vollesen

References

External links

• Blepharis in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

На других языках

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- [en] Blepharis

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[es] Blepharis

Blepharis es un género de plantas con flores perteneciente a la familia Acanthaceae. El género tiene 196 especies de hierbas descritas y de estas solo, 125 aceptadas.[1]

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