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 Vollesen
- Blepharis affinis
- Blepharis angusta
- Blepharis aspera
- Blepharis asteracantha
- Blepharis attenuata Napper
- Blepharis bainesii
- Blepharis boranensis Vollesen
- Blepharis breyeri
- 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 dilatata
- 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 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.
- Blepharis longifolia
- Blepharis longispica
- Blepharis macra Vollesen
- Blepharis maculata
- Blepharis maderaspatensis B.Heyne ex Roth
- Blepharis marginata
- Blepharis menocotyle
- Blepharis meyeri Vollesen
- Blepharis mitrata 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 Vollesen
- Blepharis spiculifolia Balf.f.
- Blepharis spinescens Vollesen
- Blepharis spinifex
- Blepharis spinipes Vollesen
- Blepharis squarrosa
- Blepharis stainbankiae
- Blepharis stuhlmannii
- Blepharis subglabra Vollesen
- Blepharis subvolubilis
- Blepharis swaziensis Vollesen
- Blepharis tanae
- Blepharis tanganyikensis 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''