Blepharis edulis

Taxonavigation

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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: Blepharis edulis

Name

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Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers., 1806

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Acanthus edulis Forssk. in Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 115 (1775)
  • Heterotypic
    • Acanthodium delilii H.Buek in Gen. Sp. Candoll. 3: 1 (1858)
    • Acanthodium spicatum Delile in Descr. Egypte, Hist. Nat. 2(Mém.): 241 (1813)
    • Acanthus delilei Spreng. in Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 2: 819 (1825)
    • Acanthus tetragonus R.Br. in H.Salt, Voy. Abyss., App. 4: lxv (1814), nom. nud.
    • Blepharis edulis var. gracilis Maire in Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 29: 441 (1938)
    • Blepharis edulis f. minima Chiov. in Fl. Somala 2: 350 (1932)
    • Blepharis edulis var. oblongata A.Terracc. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1892: 424 (1892)
    • Blepharis hirta var. latifolia Martelli in Fl. Bogos.: 65 (1885)
    • Blepharis obovata Chiov. in Agric. Colon. 20: 48 (1926)

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental:Asie
      • Bahrain, Egypt (Eastern Desert, NE-Egypt, SE-Egypt), Iran (S-Iran, W-Iran), Israel (Rift Valley, S-Negev Desert, Negev Desert), Jordania (S-Jordania), Kuwait, Oman (Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (C-Saudi Arabia, N-Saudi Arabia, Hejaz, Midyan, Asir, E-Saudi Arabia, Nafud Desert, Nejd Desert, Rub al Khali), Qatar, Sinai peninsula (C-Sinai, S-Sinai), Yemen (Aden Desert, N-Inner Yemen, SW-Yemen, Tihama, W-Yemen, Inner Hadhramaut, coastal Hadhramaut), Pakistan (Baluchistan, Scinde, Quetta, Pakistani Punjab, Salt Range)
  • Continental:Africa
      • ?S-Morocco, ?Libya, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Djibouti, Chad, Mali, Niger, Mauritania, Angola

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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Vernacular names

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العربية: شوك الضب المأكول
മലയാളം: നീരാരൽ
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