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Blepharis

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

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

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

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:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 0 1 0 1 0 2 1.0%
WCSP (in review) 125 69 0 0 0 194 99.0%