Blepharispermum Explained

Blepharispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the aster 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^{[4] [5]}

Notes and References

1. Wight, Robert. 1834. Contributions to the Botany of India 11
2. http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40028213 Tropicos, Blepharispermum Wight ex DC.
3. Book: Kadereit, J. W. & C. Jeffrey . 2007 . Flowering Plants: Eudicots; Asterales . 8 . The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants . . 978-3-540-31050-1 . Blepharispermum Wight ex DC. . 398 . Anderberg, A. A. . https://books.google.com/books?id=VhUZnM8S47IC&pg=PA398. etal.
4. http://www.theplantlist.org/browse/A/Compositae/Blepharispermum/ Blepharispermum.
5. https://archive.today/20141110032334/http://dixon.iplantcollaborative.org/CompositaeWeb/default.aspx?Page=NameDetails&TabNum=0&NameId=584d0088-9983-4482-8d9b-a0b7f4ceca7a Flann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist