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Blepharis

{{short description|Species of plant}}

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|image = Blepharis attenuata 1.jpg

|display_parents = 2

|taxon = Blepharis

|authority = Juss. (1789)

|synonyms =

  • Acanthodium Delile (1813)
  • Blepharacanthus {{small|Nees (1836)}}
  • Trichacanthus {{small|Zoll. & Moritzi (1845)}}

|synonyms_ref = [https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427-1 Blepharis Juss.] Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 January 2024.

}}

Blepharis is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia. In section Acanthodium, there are 13–15 species that use the {{C4}} carbon fixation pathway. Phylogenetic analysis suggests that this pathway evolved up to three times independently in the genus over the last five million years.{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=Amanda E. |last2=McDade |first2=Lucinda A. |last3=Kiel |first3=Carrie A. |last4=Khoshravesh |first4=Roxana |last5=Johnson |first5=Melissa A. |last6=Stata |first6=Matt |last7=Sage |first7=Tammy L. |last8=Sage |first8= Rowan F. |title=Evolutionary History of Blepharis (Acanthaceae) and the Origin of {{C4}} Photosynthesis in Section Acanthodium |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=8 |year=2015 |pages=770–790 |issn=1058-5893 |doi=10.1086/683011}} {{open access}}

The genus is named after the Greek word βλεφαριϛ, which means eyelash. {{Citation |title=Missouri Botanical Garden |url=https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=blephar#:~:text=Blephila%2C-ae%20Raf.,”%20(Fernald%201950)%3A%20B.}}

Species

128 species are accepted.

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Category:Acanthaceae genera

Category:Paleotropical flora

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot

Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu

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