Blepharis edulis

Blepharis edulis

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: Blepharis edulis

Name

Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers., 1806

Synonyms

• 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

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

References

• Persoon, C.H. 1806–1807. Synopsis plantarum, seu enchiridium botanicum, complectens enumerationem systematicam specierum hucusque cognitarum. Pars secunda. 657 pp. Apud Bibliopolas Treuttel et Würtz, Parisiis Lutetiorum [Paris]; Apud J. G. Cottam, Tubingae [Tübingen]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. : 2(1):180.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2022. Blepharis edulis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2022 November 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2018. Blepharis edulis. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Blepharis edulis. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 08 2018.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Blepharis edulis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blepharis edulis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

العربية: شوك الضب المأكول
മലയാളം: നീരാരൽ

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