Blepharis

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

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]

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

^ Fisher, Amanda E.; McDade, Lucinda A.; Kiel, Carrie A.; Khoshravesh, Roxana; Johnson, Melissa A.; Stata, Matt; Sage, Tammy L.; Sage, Rowan F. (2015). "Evolutionary History of Blepharis (Acanthaceae) and the Origin of C₄ Photosynthesis in Section Acanthodium". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 176 (8): 770–790. doi:10.1086/683011. ISSN 1058-5893.

External links

Blepharis in West African plants – A Photo Guide.

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[FisherMcDade2015-1] Fisher, Amanda E.; McDade, Lucinda A.; Kiel, Carrie A.; Khoshravesh, Roxana; Johnson, Melissa A.; Stata, Matt; Sage, Tammy L.; Sage, Rowan F. (2015). "Evolutionary History of Blepharis (Acanthaceae) and the Origin of C₄ Photosynthesis in Section Acanthodium". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 176 (8): 770–790. doi:10.1086/683011. ISSN 1058-5893.

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