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