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 13โ€“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 Edit this 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)

References

  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): 770โ€“790. doi:10.1086/683011. ISSN 1058-5893. open access


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