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The genus Blepharis is in the family Acanthaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Blepharis

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Blepharis acanthodioides Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis acuminata Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis aequisepala Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis affinis Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis angusta (Nees) T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis aspera Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis asteracantha C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis attenuata Napper	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis bainesii S.Moore ex C.B.Clarke.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis boranensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis breyeri Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis buchneri Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis burundiensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis calcitrapa Benoist	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis capensis (L.f.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis chrysotricha Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis ciliaris (L.) B.L.Burtt	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis crinita Benoist	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis cuanzensis Welw. ex S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis cuspidata Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis decussata S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis dhofarensis A.G.Mill.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis dilatata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis diplodonta Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis diversispina (Nees) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis drummondii Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis dunensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis duvigneaudii Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis edulis (Forssk.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis espinosa Phillips	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis exigua (Zoll. & Mor.) Valeton ex Backer	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis fenestralis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis ferox P.G.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis flava Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis fleckii P.G.Mey.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis forgiarinii J.-P.Lebrun & Stork	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis furcata (L.f.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis gazensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis gigantea Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis glinus Fiori	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis glomerans Benoist	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis glumacea S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis grandis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis grossa (Nees) T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis hildebrandtii Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis hirtinervia (Nees) T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis huillensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis ilicifolia Napper	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis ilicina Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis inaequalis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis inermis (Nees) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis inflata Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis innocua C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis inopinata Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis integrifolia (L.f.) E.Mey. & Drège ex Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis involucrata Solms ex Schweinf.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis itigiensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis javanica Bremek.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis katangensis De Wild.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis kenyensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis kuriensis Vierh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis laevifolia Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis lawsonii G.S.Giri & R.N.Banerjee	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis leendertziae Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis linariifolia Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis longifolia Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis longispica C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis macra (Nees) Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis maculata Benoist	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis marginata (Nees) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis menocotyle Milne-Redh.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis meyeri Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis mitrata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis montana Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis natalensis Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis noli-me-tangere S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis obermeyerae Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis obmitrata C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis obtusisepala Oberm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis ogadenensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis panduriformis Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis paradoxa Fritsch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis pascuorum S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis petalidioides Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis petraea Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis pratensis S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis procumbens (L.f.) Pers.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis pruinosa Engl.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis pungens Klotzsch	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis pusilla Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis reekmansii Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis refracta Mildbr.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis richardsiae Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis scandens Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis scindica Stocks ex T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis sericea Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis serrulata (Nees) Picalho & Hiern	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis sinuata (Nees) C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis sol C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis somaliensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis spiculifolia Balf.f.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis spinescens Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis spinifex Merxm.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis spinipes Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis squarrosa (Nees) T.Anderson	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis stainbankiae C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis stuhlmannii Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis subglabra Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis subvolubilis C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis swaziensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis tanae Napper	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis tanganyikensis (Napper) Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis tanzaniensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis tenuiramea S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis tetrasticha Lindau	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis thulinii Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis torrei Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis transvaalensis Schinz	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis trifida Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis trispina Napper	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis turkanae Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis uniflora C.B.Clarke	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis uzondoensis Vollesen	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Blepharis welwitschii S.Moore	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 196 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Blepharis. Of these 125 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 24 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Blepharis. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 196 species names for the genus Blepharis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	125	63.8%
◕	Synonym	70	35.7%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.5%

All names

The status of the 220 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Blepharis recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	128	58.2%
◕	Synonym	91	41.4%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	1	0.5%

Of these names,

• 1 are recorded as invalid
• 2 are recorded as illegitimate
• 1 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 196 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Blepharis, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	125	69	0	0	194	99.0%
	Low confidence	0	1	0	1	2	1.0%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Blepharis, are as follows: