| Home | > | List of families | > | Acanthaceae | > | Blepharis |
7980.000 Blepharis
Vollesen, K. (2000) Blepharis (Acanthaceae). A taxonomic revision. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs. Leaves in false whorls of 4; one pair smaller than the other. Flowers in spike-like cymes. Calyx composed of 4 glumaceous sepals. Corolla 1-lipped; the lip 3-5-lobed. Stamens 4; 2 anterior filaments broader than the posterior. Ovary 2-locular. Capsule 2-seeded. Seeds discoid, covered with hygroscopic hairs. Worldwide: 126 species, widespread in tropical Africa, S Africa, Arabia, through India extending to SE Asia and China. |
 |
Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Links to maps | FZ divisions | Content |
| acanthodioides Klotzsch | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description |
| aspera Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,S | Description, Image |
| bainesii S. Moore ex C.B. Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | Description |
| diversispina (Nees) C.B. Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E,S | Description |
| drummondii Vollesen[End][DD] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | Description |
| glumacea S. Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,C | Description |
| integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz var. integrifolia | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,S | Description |
| involucrata Solms | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C | Description |
| leendertziae Oberm. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,S | Description |
| maderaspatensis (L.) Roth | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| noli-me-tangere S. Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | Description |
| pungens Klotzsch | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| sp.no.1 (Timberlake & Mapaure 4568) | Altitude Rainfall Geology | S | |
| subvolubilis C.B.Clarke | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N | Description, Image |
| tenuiramea S. Moore | Altitude Rainfall Geology | N,W,C,S | Description |
| transvaalensis Schinz | Altitude Rainfall Geology | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Blepharis:
Flora of Mozambique: BlepharisePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Blepharis
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Blepharis
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Blepharis
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Blepharis
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Blepharis
| Home | > | List of families | > | Acanthaceae | > | Blepharis |