Blepharispermum
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Blepharispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 11[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40028213 Tropicos, Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.] They are distributed in Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Sri Lanka.{{cite book |editor=Kadereit, J. W. & C. Jeffrey |year=2007 |title=Flowering Plants: Eudicots; Asterales |volume=8 |series=The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-540-31050-1 |chapter=Blepharispermum Wight ex DC. |page=398 |author=Anderberg, A. A. |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&pg=PA398|display-authors=etal}}
These are shrubs and small trees. The leaf blades are sometimes borne on petioles, which may have spines. The flower head contains 2 female disc florets and 2 to 4 male disc florets. The latter are whitish, greenish, or yellowish. The fruit is a rough-edged cypsela with a pappus.
; Species[http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Blepharispermum/ Blepharispermum.] The Plant List.[https://archive.today/20141110032334/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=584d0088-9983-4482-8d9b-a0b7f4ceca7a Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist ]
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- Blepharispermum arcuatum - Tanzania, Madagascar
- Blepharispermum brachycarphum - Tanzania, Mozambique
- Blepharispermum canescens - Tanzania
- Blepharispermum ellenbeckii - Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya
- Blepharispermum fruticosum - Ethiopia, Somalia
- Blepharispermum hirtum - Yemen, Oman
- Blepharispermum minus - Kenya
- Blepharispermum obovatum - Ethiopia
- Blepharispermum petiolare - Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Blepharispermum pubescens - Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire
- Blepharispermum spinulosum - Ivory Coast, Zaire
- Blepharispermum subsessile - Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh
- Blepharispermum villosum - Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
- Blepharispermum xerothamnum - Tanzania
- Blepharispermum yemense - Yemen
- Blepharispermum zanguebaricum - Kenya }}