Blepharispermum

Blepharispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae.[1][2] They are distributed in Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Sri Lanka.[3]

Blepharispermum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Athroismeae
Genus: Blepharispermum
Wight ex DC.

These are shrubs and small trees. The leaf blades are sometimes borne on petioles, which may have spines. The flower head contains 2 female disc florets and 2 to 4 male disc florets. The latter are whitish, greenish, or yellowish. The fruit is a rough-edged cypsela with a pappus.[3]

Species[4][5]
  • Blepharispermum arcuatum - Tanzania, Madagascar
  • Blepharispermum brachycarphum - Tanzania, Mozambique
  • Blepharispermum canescens - Tanzania
  • Blepharispermum ellenbeckii - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya
  • Blepharispermum fruticosum - Ethiopia, Somalia
  • Blepharispermum hirtum - Yemen, Oman
  • Blepharispermum minus - Kenya
  • Blepharispermum obovatum - Ethiopia
  • Blepharispermum petiolare - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
  • Blepharispermum pubescens - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire
  • Blepharispermum spinulosum - Ivory Coast, Zaire
  • Blepharispermum subsessile - Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
  • Blepharispermum villosum - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
  • Blepharispermum xerothamnum - Tanzania
  • Blepharispermum yemense - Yemen
  • Blepharispermum zanguebaricum - Kenya

References
  1. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 11
  2. Tropicos, Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.
  3. Anderberg, A. A.; et al. (2007). "Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.". In Kadereit, J. W. & C. Jeffrey (ed.). Flowering Plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. Vol. 8. Springer. p. 398. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1.
  4. Blepharispermum. The Plant List.
  5. Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist
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