Blepharis
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Blepharis is a genus of plant
in family Acanthaceae
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
Plant
Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...
in family Acanthaceae
Acanthaceae
The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....
. It contains the following species (but this list may be incomplete):
- Blepharis attenuata Napper
- Blepharis ciliaris
- Blepharis crinita Juss.
- Blepharis dhofarensisBlepharis dhofarensisBlepharis dhofarensis is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is found in Oman and Yemen. It is threatened by habitat loss. Recent molecular work has placed it in the genus Acanthus instead.-References:...
, A.G.Mill. - Blepharis edulisBlepharis edulisBlepharis edulis is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in India, Pakistan and Iran as well as Egypt ....
- Blepharis linariifolia Pers.
- Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.Carolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
) B.HeyneBenjamin HeyneBenjamin Heyne M.D. FLS was a Moravian-Scottish, surgeon, naturalist and botanist.In 1793, Benjamin Heyne joined the service of the British East India Company and in 1796 was assigned as the Madras Presidency Botanist to Samalkot....
ex RothAlbrecht Wilhelm RothAlbrecht Wilhelm Roth was a physician and botanist who was a native of Dötlingen, Germany.He studied medicine at the Universities of Halle and Erlangen, where he received his doctorate in 1778.... - Blepharis mitrataBlepharis mitrataBlepharis mitrata is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae. It is found in Namibia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss. The whole plant is very spiny....
C.B.ClarkeCharles Baron ClarkeCharles Baron Clarke was a British botanist.He was born at Andover, the eldest son of Turner Poulter Clarke. He was educated at King's College School, London, and at Trinity and Queens' Colleges, Cambridge.... - Blepharis sindica
- Blepharis spiculifoliaBlepharis spiculifoliaBlepharis spiculifolia is a species of plant in the Acanthaceae family. It is endemic to Yemen. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry shrubland and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland.-References:...
Balf.f.Isaac Bayley BalfourSir Isaac Bayley Balfour FRS FRSE was a Scottish botanist. He was the son of John Hutton Balfour who was also a botanist.-Biography:...