The name Blepharis is a slight homonymy case. This name is used according to the rules of several different nomenclatural codes.

Blepharis

Botany

Taxonomy

Acanthaceae 925
Cyperaceae 1

Species

Blepharis ablephara Nees 7 7
Blepharis abyssinica A.Rich. 2
Blepharis affinis Lindau 7 7
Blepharis angusta T.Anderson 1 1
Blepharis asperrima Nees 10 10
Blepharis asteracantha C.B.Clarke 2 2
Blepharis boerhavifolia Roth 35 35
Blepharis boranensis Vollesen 4 4
Blepharis breyeri Oberm. 1 1
Blepharis buchneri Lindau 11 11
Blepharis calcitrapa Benoist 53 53
Blepharis capensis Pers. 30 30
Blepharis chrysotricha Lindau 1 1
Blepharis ciliaris 54 53
Blepharis crinita Benoist 6 6
Blepharis dhofarensis A.G.Mill. 1 1
Blepharis diversispina (Nees) C.B.Clarke 3 3
Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers. 73 71
Blepharis espinosa Phillips 3 3
Blepharis exigua Valeton ex Backer 2 2
Blepharis flava Vollesen 1 1
Blepharis furcata (L.f.) Pers. 5 5
Blepharis gigantea Oberm. 1 1
Blepharis glomerans Benoist 24 24
Blepharis glumacea S.Moore 14 14
Blepharis grandis C.B.Clarke 12 12
Blepharis grossa T.Anderson 7 7
Blepharis hildebrandii Lindau 2 2
Blepharis hirtinervia T.Anderson 3 3
Blepharis ilicina Oberm. 1 1
Blepharis inaequalis C.B.Clarke 1 1
Blepharis innocua C.B.Clarke 2 2
Blepharis inopinata Vollesen 2 2
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. ex Schinz 32 32
Blepharis involucrata Solms ex Schweinf. 13 13
Blepharis itigiensis Vollesen 1 1
Blepharis javanica Bremek. 3 3
Blepharis katangensis De Wild. 6 6
Blepharis leendertziae Oberm. 1 1
Blepharis linariifolia Pers. 147 143
Blepharis longifolia Lindau 3 3
Blepharis longispica C.B.Clarke 1 1
Blepharis macra (Nees) Vollesen 2 2
Blepharis maculata Benoist 20 20
Blepharis maderaspatana (L.) Roth 1 1
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth 193 193
Blepharis mitrata C.B.Clarke 2 2
Blepharis molluginifolia A.Chev. 7 7
Blepharis natalensis Oberm. 2 2
Blepharis noli-me-tangere S.Moore 3 3
Blepharis obermeyerae Vollesen 1 1
Blepharis obmitrata C.B.Clarke 13 13
Blepharis panduriformis Lindau 4 4
Blepharis paradoxa Fritsch 4 4
Blepharis persica (Burm.f.) Kuntze 13 13
Blepharis pratensis S.Moore 8 8
Blepharis procumbens (L.f.) Pers. 24 24
Blepharis pungens Klotzsch 1 1
Blepharis refracta Mildbr. 1 1
Blepharis robecchii Lindau 1 1
Blepharis sp. 6 6
Blepharis squarrosa T.Anderson 1 1
Blepharis stuhlmannii Lindau 11 11
Blepharis subvolubilis C.B.Clarke 5 5
Blepharis tenuiramea S.Moore 3 3
Blepharis transvaalensis Schinz 1 1
Blepharis trispina Napper 2 2
Blepharis uniflora C.B.Clarke 1 1
Blepharis welwitschii S.Moore 1 1

926 Specimens registered in collections

Collection Number of specimens (or sets)
Dep. Breeding and Veterinary Medicine (ALF) 1
Ethnobotany (PAT) 3
Gardens (JB) 1
Univ. Montpellier - Inst. of Botany (MPU) 12
Vascular plants (P) 909

Blepharis

Zoology