Blepharis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Acantheae
Subtribus: Acanthinae
Genus: Blepharis
Species: B. ablephara – B. abyssinica – B. acanthodioides – B. acuminata – B. aequisepala – B. affinis – B. angusta – B. arborea – B. aspera – B. asperrima – B. asteracantha – B. attenuata – B. baguirmiensis – B. bainesii – B. bequaertii – B. boranensis – B. bossii – B. breijeri – B. breviciliata – B. breyeri – B. buchneri – B. burundiensis – B. calaminthaefolia – B. calcitrapa – B. caloneura – B. capensis – B. carduacea – B. carduifolia – B. cataractae – B. chrysotricha – B. ciliaris – B. crinita – B. cristata – B. cuanzensis – B. cuspidata – B. decussata – B. dhofarensis – B. dichotoma – B. dilatata – B. diplodonta – B. diversispina – B. drummondii – B. dunensis – B. duvigneaudii – B. ecklonii – B. edulis – B. espinosa – B. evansii – B. exigua – B. extenuata – B. fenestralis – B. ferox – B. flava – B. fleckii – B. forgiarinii – B. frutescens – B. fruticulosa – B. furcata – B. gazensis – B. gerlindae – B. gigantea – B. glauca – B. glinus – B. glomerans – B. glomerata – B. glumacea – B. grandis – B. grisea – B. grossa – B. guiinzii – B. hildebrandtii – B. hirsuta – B. hirta – B. hirtella – B. hirtinervia – B. homblei – B. hornbyae – B. huillensis – B. ilicifolia – B. ilicina – B. inaequalis – B. inermis – B. inflata – B. innocua – B. inopinata – B. integrifolia – B. involucrata – B. itigiensis – B. javanica – B. kaessneri – B. katangensis – B. kenyensis – B. kuriensis – B. laevifolia – B. lawsonii – B. leedertaziae – B. leendertziae – B. leptophylla – B. lineariifolia – B. longifolia – B. longispica – B. macra – B. maculata – B. madagascariensis – B. madandensis – B. maderaspatensis – B. malangensis – B. marginata – B. menocotyle – B. meyeri – B. mitrata – B. molluginifolia – B. montana – B. myresii – B. naegelsbachii – B. natalensis – B. noli-me-tangere – B. obermeyerae – B. obmitrata – B. obovata – B. obtusisepala – B. ogadenensis – B. panduriformis – B. paradoxa – B. pascuorum – B. passargei – B. persica – B. petalidioides – B. petraea – B. phillipseae – B. pinguior – B. pratensis – B. procumbens – B. procurrens – B. pruinosa – B. pungens – B. pusilla – B. reekmansii – B. refracta – B. repens – B. richardsiae – B. rupicola – B. ruwenzoriensis – B. saturejaefolia – B. saxatilis – B. scandens – B. scindica – B. scullyi – B. sericea – B. serrulata – B. setosa – B. sindica – B. sinuata – B. sol – B. somaliensis – B. spathularis – B. spiculifolia – B. spinescens – B. spinifex – B. spinipes – B. squarrosa – B. stainbankiae – B. stuhlmanni – B. subglabra – B. subvolubilis – B. swaziensis – B. tanae – B. tanganyikensis – B. tanzaniensis – B. teaguei – B. tenuiramea – B. tetrasticha – B. thulinii – B. togodelia – B. torrei – B. transvaalensis – B. trifida – B. trinervis – B. trispina – B. trispinosa – B. turkanae – B. uniflora – B. uzondoensis – B. verdickii – B. verticillata – B. villosa – B. welwitschii – B. zollingeri

Name

Blepharis Juss., Gen. Pl. 103 (1789).

Type species: Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers. (1807) (= Blepharis maderaspatensis Heyne ex Roth (1821).

Synonyms

Heterotypic
- Acanthodium Delile, Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 241 (1813).
- Blepharacanthus Nees in J.Lindley, Intr. Nat. Syst. Bot., ed. 2: 444 (1836).
- Trichacanthus Zoll. & Moritzi, Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 2: 572 (1845).

References

Primary references

Jussieu, A.L. de 1789. Genera plantarum, secundum ordines naturales disposita juxta methodum in Horto Regio Parisiensi exaratam. 498 pp. Paris: Herissant et Theophile Barrois. BHL Reference page. 103

Additional references

Vollesen, K.B. 2000. Blepharis (Acanthaceae): A taxonomic revision. 342 pp., Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-93-8. Reference page.

Links

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Blepharis. .
International Plant Names Index. 2015. Blepharis. Published online. Accessed: Dec. 23 2015.
Tropicos.org 2015. Blepharis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 23 Dec. 2015.
Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Blepharis. Accessed: 6 Jul 2021.
Hassler, M. 2021. Blepharis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 6. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Blepharis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 6. Reference page.

Vernacular names

suomi: Pistiöt

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