''Blepharis'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

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 carbon fixation pathway.

Phylogenetic In biology, phylogenetics (; from Greek φυλή/ φῦλον [] "tribe, clan, race", and wikt:γενετικός, γενετικός [] "origin, source, birth") is the study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups o ...

analysis suggests that this pathway evolved up to three times independently in the genus over the last five million years.

Species (selection)

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Blepharis aequisepala ''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 carbo ...

'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis attenuata'' Napper * '' Blepharis boranensis'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis burundiensis'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis ciliaris'' * '' Blepharis crinita''

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* '' Blepharis macra'' ( Nees) Vollesen * '' Blepharis maderaspatensis'' ( L.) B.Heyne ex

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* '' Blepharis meyeri'' Vollesen * ''

Blepharis mitrata ''Blepharis mitrata'' is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas of Namibia, such as the Khomas Honchland. It is threatened by habitat loss. The whole plant is very spiny ...

C.B.Clarke Charles Baron Clarke (17 June 1832 – 25 August 1906) was a British botanist. He was born at Andover, the eldest son of Turner Poulter Clarke. He was educated at King's College School, London, and at Trinity and Queens' Colleges, Cambridge. He ...

* '' 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''

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* '' 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 ''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 carb ...

'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis uzondoensis'' Vollesen

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Acanthaceae genera Flora of Pakistan Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Acanthaceae-stub