Blepharispermum
Genus of flowering plants
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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]
| Blepharispermum | |
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| Blepharispermum petiolare | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Athroismeae |
| Genus: | Blepharispermum Wight ex DC. |
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]