Blepharis
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 carbon fixation pathway. Phylogenetic 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 βλεφαρίς, which means eyelash.
Species
128 species are accepted.Blepharis acanthodioides Blepharis acuminata Blepharis aequisepala VollesenBlepharis affinis Blepharis angusta Blepharis aspera Blepharis asteracantha Blepharis attenuata NapperBlepharis bainesii Blepharis boranensis VollesenBlepharis breyeri Blepharis buchneri Blepharis burundiensis VollesenBlepharis calcitrapa Blepharis capensis Blepharis chrysotricha Blepharis ciliaris Blepharis crinita Juss.Blepharis cuanzensis Blepharis cuspidata Blepharis decussata Blepharis dhofarensis Blepharis dilatata Blepharis diplodonta VollesenBlepharis diversispina Blepharis drummondii VollesenBlepharis dunensis VollesenBlepharis duvigneaudii VollesenBlepharis edulis Blepharis eilensis Blepharis espinosa Blepharis exigua Blepharis fenestralis VollesenBlepharis ferox Blepharis flava VollesenBlepharis fleckii Blepharis forgiarinii Blepharis furcata Blepharis gazensis VollesenBlepharis gigantea Blepharis glinus Blepharis glomerans Blepharis glumacea Blepharis grandis Blepharis grossa T.Anderson Blepharis gypsophila Thulin & VollesenBlepharis hildebrandtii Blepharis hirtinervia Blepharis huillensis VollesenBlepharis ilicifolia Blepharis ilicina Blepharis inaequalis Blepharis inermis Blepharis inflata VollesenBlepharis innocua Blepharis inopinata VollesenBlepharis integrifolia Blepharis involucrata Blepharis itigiensis VollesenBlepharis javanica Blepharis katangensis Blepharis kenyensis VollesenBlepharis kuriensis Blepharis laevifolia VollesenBlepharis lawsonii Blepharis leendertziae Blepharis linariifolia Pers.Blepharis longifolia Blepharis longispica Blepharis macra VollesenBlepharis maculata Blepharis maderaspatensis B.Heyne ex RothBlepharis marginata Blepharis menocotyle Blepharis meyeri VollesenBlepharis mitrata C.B.ClarkeBlepharis montana VollesenBlepharis natalensis Blepharis noli-me-tangere Blepharis obermeyerae VollesenBlepharis obmitrata Blepharis obtusisepala Blepharis ogadenensis VollesenBlepharis panduriformis Blepharis paradoxa Blepharis pascuorum Blepharis petalidioides VollesenBlepharis petraea VollesenBlepharis pratensis Blepharis procumbens Blepharis pruinosa Blepharis pungens Blepharis pusilla VollesenBlepharis reekmansii VollesenBlepharis refracta Blepharis richardsiae VollesenBlepharis saudensis Blepharis scandens VollesenBlepharis scindica Blepharis sericea VollesenBlepharis serrulata Blepharis sinuata Blepharis sol Blepharis somaliensis VollesenBlepharis spiculifolia Balf.f.Blepharis spinescens VollesenBlepharis spinifex Blepharis spinipes VollesenBlepharis squarrosa Blepharis stainbankiae Blepharis stuhlmannii Blepharis subglabra VollesenBlepharis subvolubilis Blepharis swaziensis VollesenBlepharis tanae Blepharis tanganyikensis VollesenBlepharis tanzaniensis VollesenBlepharis tenuiramea Blepharis tetrasticha Blepharis thulinii VollesenBlepharis torrei VollesenBlepharis trifida VollesenBlepharis trispina Blepharis turkanae VollesenBlepharis uniflora Blepharis uzondoensis Vollesen- ''Blepharis welwitschii''