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{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Blepharis attenuata 1.jpg
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Blepharis
|authority = [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu|Juss.]] (1789)
|synonyms =
*''Acanthodium'' <small>Delile (1813)</small>
*''Blepharacanthus'' {{small|Nees (1836)}}
*''Trichacanthus'' {{small|Zoll. & Moritzi (1845)}}
|synonyms_ref = <ref name = powo>[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427-1 ''Blepharis'' Juss.] ''[[Plants of the World Online]]''. Retrieved 29 January 2024.</ref>
}}
'''''Blepharis''''' is a genus of [[plant]] in family [[Acanthaceae]]. It contains around 128 species found in seasonally dry to arid habitats from Africa through Arabia to Southeast Asia.<ref name = powo/> In section ''Acanthodium'', there are 13–15 species that use the [[C4 carbon fixation|{{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.<ref name="FisherMcDade2015">{{cite journal |last1=Fisher |first1=Amanda E. |last2=McDade |first2=Lucinda A. |last3=Kiel |first3=Carrie A. |last4=Khoshravesh |first4=Roxana |last5=Johnson |first5=Melissa A. |last6=Stata |first6=Matt |last7=Sage |first7=Tammy L. |last8=Sage |first8= Rowan F. |title=Evolutionary History of ''Blepharis'' (Acanthaceae) and the Origin of {{C4}} Photosynthesis in Section ''Acanthodium'' |journal=International Journal of Plant Sciences |volume=176 |issue=8 |year=2015 |pages=770–790 |issn=1058-5893 |doi=10.1086/683011}} {{open access}}</ref>
The genus is named after the Greek word βλεφαριϛ, which means eyelash. {{Citation |title=Missouri Botanical Garden |url=https://www.mobot.org/mobot/latindict/keyDetail.aspx?keyWord=blephar#:~:text=Blephila%2C-ae%20Raf.,”%20(Fernald%201950)%3A%20B.}}
==Species==
128 species are accepted.<ref name = powo/>
* ''[[Blepharis acanthodioides]]'' {{small|Klotzsch}}
* ''[[Blepharis acuminata]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis aequisepala]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis affinis]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis angusta]]'' {{small|(Nees) T.Anderson}}
* ''[[Blepharis aspera]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis asteracantha]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis attenuata]]'' <small>Napper</small>
* ''[[Blepharis bainesii]]'' {{small|S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis boranensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis breyeri]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis buchneri]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis burundiensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis calcitrapa]]'' {{small|Benoistz}}
* ''[[Blepharis capensis]]'' {{small|(L.f.) Pers.}}
* ''[[Blepharis chrysotricha]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis ciliaris]]'' {{small|(L.) B.L.Burtt}}
* ''[[Blepharis crinita]]'' <small>[[Juss.]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis cuanzensis]]'' {{small|Welw. ex S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis cuspidata]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis decussata]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis dhofarensis]]'' {{small|A.G.Mill.}}
* ''[[Blepharis dilatata]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis diplodonta]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis diversispina]]'' {{small|(Nees) C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis drummondii]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis dunensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis duvigneaudii]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis edulis]]'' {{small|(Forssk.) Pers.}}
* ''[[Blepharis eilensis]]'' {{small|Baldesi & Vollesen}}
* ''[[Blepharis espinosa]]'' {{small|Phillips}}
* ''[[Blepharis exigua]]'' {{small|(Zoll. & Moritzi) Valeton ex Backer}}
* ''[[Blepharis fenestralis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis ferox]]'' {{small|P.G.Mey.}}
* ''[[Blepharis flava]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis fleckii]]'' {{small|P.G.Mey.}}
* ''[[Blepharis forgiarinii]]'' {{small|J.-P.Lebrun & Stork}}
* ''[[Blepharis furcata]]'' {{small|(L.f.) Pers.}}
* ''[[Blepharis gazensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis gigantea]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis glinus]]'' {{small|Fiori}}
* ''[[Blepharis glomerans]]'' {{small|Benoist}}
* ''[[Blepharis glumacea]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis grandis]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis grossa]]'' <small>(Nees) T.Anderson</small>
* ''[[Blepharis gypsophila]]'' <small>[[Mats Thulin|Thulin]] & [[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis hildebrandtii]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis hirtinervia]]'' {{small|(Nees) T.Anderson}}
* ''[[Blepharis huillensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis ilicifolia]]'' {{small|Napper}}
* ''[[Blepharis ilicina]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis inaequalis]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis inermis]]'' {{small|(Nees) C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis inflata]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis innocua]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis inopinata]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis integrifolia]]'' {{small|(L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz}}
* ''[[Blepharis involucrata]]'' {{small|Solms ex Schweinf.}}
* ''[[Blepharis itigiensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis javanica]]'' {{small|Bremek.}}
* ''[[Blepharis katangensis]]'' {{small|De Wild.}}
* ''[[Blepharis kenyensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis kuriensis]]'' {{small|Vierh.}}
* ''[[Blepharis laevifolia]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis lawsonii]]'' {{small|G.S.Giri & R.N.Banerjee}}
* ''[[Blepharis leendertziae]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis linariifolia]]'' <small>[[Christiaan Hendrik Persoon|Pers.]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis longifolia]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis longispica]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis macra]]'' <small>([[Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck|Nees]]) [[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis maculata]]'' {{small|Benoist}}
* ''[[Blepharis maderaspatensis]]'' <small>([[Carl Linnaeus|L.]]) [[Benjamin Heyne|B.Heyne]] ex [[Albrecht Wilhelm Roth|Roth]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis marginata]]'' {{small|(Nees) C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis menocotyle]]'' {{small|Milne-Redh.}}
* ''[[Blepharis meyeri]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis mitrata]]'' <small>[[Charles Baron Clarke|C.B.Clarke]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis montana]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis natalensis]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis noli-me-tangere]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis obermeyerae]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis obmitrata]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis obtusisepala]]'' {{small|Oberm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis ogadenensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis panduriformis]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis paradoxa]]'' {{small|Fritsch}}
* ''[[Blepharis pascuorum]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis petalidioides]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis petraea]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis pratensis]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis procumbens]]'' {{small|(L.f.) Pers.}}
* ''[[Blepharis pruinosa]]'' {{small|Engl.}}
* ''[[Blepharis pungens]]'' {{small|Klotzsch}}
* ''[[Blepharis pusilla]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis reekmansii]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis refracta]]'' {{small|Mildbr.}}
* ''[[Blepharis richardsiae]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis saudensis]]'' {{small|Masrahi & Basahi}}
* ''[[Blepharis scandens]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis scindica]]'' {{small|Stocks ex T.Anderson}}
* ''[[Blepharis sericea]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis serrulata]]'' {{small|(Nees) Picalho & Hiern}}
* ''[[Blepharis sinuata]]'' {{small|(Nees) C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis sol]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis somaliensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis spiculifolia]]'' <small>[[Isaac Bayley Balfour|Balf.f.]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis spinescens]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis spinifex]]'' {{small|Merxm.}}
* ''[[Blepharis spinipes]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis squarrosa]]'' {{small|(Nees) T.Anderson}}
* ''[[Blepharis stainbankiae]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis stuhlmannii]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis subglabra]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis subvolubilis]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis swaziensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis tanae]]'' {{small|Napper}}
* ''[[Blepharis tanganyikensis]]'' <small>(Napper) [[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis tanzaniensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis tenuiramea]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
* ''[[Blepharis tetrasticha]]'' {{small|Lindau}}
* ''[[Blepharis thulinii]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis torrei]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis trifida]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis trispina]]'' {{small|Napper}}
* ''[[Blepharis turkanae]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis uniflora]]'' {{small|C.B.Clarke}}
* ''[[Blepharis uzondoensis]]'' <small>[[Kaj Borge Vollesen|Vollesen]]</small>
* ''[[Blepharis welwitschii]]'' {{small|S.Moore}}
==References==
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==External links==
{{WestAfricanPlants|Blepharis}}
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[[Category:Acanthaceae genera]]
[[Category:Paleotropical flora]]
[[Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot]]
[[Category:Taxa named by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]]
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