Blepharis
| Blepharis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Subfamily: | Acanthoideae |
| Tribe: | Acantheae |
| Genus: | Blepharis Juss. |
| Synonyms | |
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Acanthodium Delile | |
Blepharis is a genus of plant in family Acanthaceae. It contains around 126 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa over 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.[1]
Species (selection)[]
- Vollesen
- Napper
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Juss.
- Blepharis dhofarensis,
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Blepharis edulis
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Blepharis grossa T.Anderson
- & Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Pers.
- (Nees) Vollesen
- Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth
- Vollesen
- Blepharis mitrata C.B.Clarke
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Blepharis spiculifolia Balf.f.
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- (Napper) Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
- Vollesen
References[]
- ^ Fisher, Amanda E.; McDade, Lucinda A.; Kiel, Carrie A.; Khoshravesh, Roxana; Johnson, Melissa A.; Stata, Matt; Sage, Tammy L.; Sage, Rowan F. (2015). "Evolutionary History of Blepharis (Acanthaceae) and the Origin of C4 Photosynthesis in Section Acanthodium". International Journal of Plant Sciences. 176 (8): 770–790. doi:10.1086/683011. ISSN 1058-5893.
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