Biology:Blepharispermum
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Blepharispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae.[1][2] They are distributed in Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, India, and Sri Lanka.[3]
These are shrubs and small trees. The leaf blades are sometimes borne on petioles, which may have spines. The flower head contains 2 female disc florets and 2 to 4 male disc florets. The latter are whitish, greenish, or yellowish. The fruit is a rough-edged cypsela with a pappus.[3]
Species
15 species are accepted.[4]
- Blepharispermum arcuatum – Tanzania, Madagascar
- Blepharispermum brachycarphum – Tanzania, Mozambique
- Blepharispermum canescens – Tanzania
- Blepharispermum ellenbeckii – Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Kenya
- Blepharispermum fruticosum – Ethiopia, Somalia
- Blepharispermum hirtum – Yemen, Oman
- Blepharispermum minus – Kenya
- Blepharispermum obovatum – Ethiopia
- Blepharispermum petiolare – Sri Lanka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu
- Blepharispermum pubescens – Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zaire
- Blepharispermum spinulosum – Ivory Coast, Zaire
- Blepharispermum villosum – Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya
- Blepharispermum xerothamnum – Tanzania
- Blepharispermum yemense – Yemen
- Blepharispermum zanguebaricum – Kenya
Formerly placed here
- Leucoblepharis subsessilis (DC.) Arn. (as Blepharispermum subsessile DC.)[5]
References
- ↑ Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 11
- ↑ Tropicos, Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Anderberg, A. A. (2007). "Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.". in Kadereit, J. W. & C. Jeffrey. Flowering Plants: Eudicots; Asterales. The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants. 8. Springer. p. 398. ISBN 978-3-540-31050-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&pg=PA398.
- ↑ "Blepharispermum DC.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:7934-1.
- ↑ "Leucoblepharis subsessilis (DC.) Arn.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:230223-1.
Wikidata ☰ Q4926115 entry
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