7980.000 Blepharis Juss.

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.

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Species	FZ divisions	Content
acanthodioides Klotzsch		Description
affinis Lindau
aspera Oberm.		Description, Image
bainesii S. Moore ex C.B. Clarke		Description
buchneri Lindau
diversispina (Nees) C.B. Clarke		Description
dunensis Vollesen
gazensis Vollesen
grandis C.B. Clarke
integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz var. clarkei (Schinz) Oberm.
integrifolia (L.f.) E. Mey. ex Schinz var. integrifolia		Description
involucrata Solms		Description
leendertziae Oberm.		Description
maderaspatensis (L.) Roth	MS (other?)	Description, Image
obermeyerae Vollesen
panduriformis Lindau
pungens Klotzsch	N,T,MS	Description, Image
subvolubilis C.B.Clarke	M?	Description, Image
swaziensis Vollesen
tenuiramea S. Moore		Description
torrei Vollesen

Other sources of information about Blepharis:

Flora of Zimbabwe: Blepharis
ePIC (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