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

Species (selection)

* '' Blepharis aequisepala'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis attenuata'' Napper * '' Blepharis boranensis'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis burundiensis'' Vollesen * ''

Blepharis ciliaris ''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 car ...

'' * '' Blepharis crinita'' Juss. * '' Blepharis dhofarensis'', * '' Blepharis diplodonta'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis drummondii'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis dunensis'' Vollesen * ''

Blepharis duvigneaudii ''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 carb ...

'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis edulis'' * ''

Blepharis fenestralis ''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 carb ...

'' Vollesen * ''

Blepharis flava ''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 carb ...

'' Vollesen * ''

Blepharis gazensis ''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 carb ...

'' 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. Christiaan Hendrik Persoon (1 February 1761 – 16 November 1836) was a German mycologist who made additions to Linnaeus' mushroom taxonomy. Early life Persoon was born in South Africa at the Cape of Good Hope, the third child of an immi ...

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

Roth Roth may refer to: Places Germany * Roth (district), in Bavaria, Germany ** Roth, Bavaria, capital of that district ** Roth (electoral district), a federal electoral district * Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: ** Roth an der Our, in the district B ...

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Blepharis meyeri ''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 carb ...

'' 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 * '' 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. Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, KBE, FRS, FRSE (31 March 1853 – 30 November 1922) was a Scottish botanist. He was Regius Professor of Botany at the University of Glasgow from 1879 to 1885, Sherardian Professor of Botany at the University of Oxf ...

* '' 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 ''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 carb ...

'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis turkanae'' Vollesen * '' Blepharis uzondoensis'' Vollesen

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