Blepharis maderaspatensis

Blepharis maderaspatensis

Blepharis maderaspatensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Lamiales

Familia: Acanthaceae
Subfamilia: Acanthoideae
Tribus: Acantheae
Subtribus: Acanthinae
Genus: Blepharis
Species: Blepharis maderaspatensis

Name

Blepharis maderaspatensis (L.) B.Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 320. (1821)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acanthus maderaspatensis L. in Sp. Pl.: 639 (1753)
  • Blepharis boerhaviifolia Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 180 (1806), nom. superfl.
  • Blepharis boerhaviifolia var. maderaspatensis (L.) Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 267 (1847), not validly publ.
  • Blepharis maderaspatensis var. boerhaviifolia Fiori in Boschi Piante Legnose dell'Eritrea: 346 (1912), not validly publ.
• Heterotypic
  • Acanthus ciliaris Burm.f. in Fl. Indica: 139 (1768)
  • Blepharis abyssinica Hochst. ex A.Rich. in Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 150 (1850)
  • Blepharis boerhaviifolia var. micrantha Sond. in Linnaea 23: 92 (1850)
  • Blepharis boerhaviifolia var. nigronervulosa De Wild. & T.Durand in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 2, 1(1): 46 (1899)
  • Blepharis breviciliata Fiori in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1911: 61 (1911)
  • Blepharis calaminthifolia Pers. in Syn. Pl. 2: 180 (1806)
  • Blepharis gueinzi T.Anderson in J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 7: 34 (1863)
  • Blepharis maderaspatensis var. abyssinica (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Fiori in Agric. Colon. 5(Suppl.): 123 (1911 publ. 1912)
  • Blepharis maderaspatensis subsp. rubiifolia (Schumach.) Napper in Kew Bull. 24: 325 (1970)
  • Blepharis procumbens B.Heyne ex Roth in Nov. Pl. Sp.: 320 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Blepharis procurrens Nees in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 267 (1847)
  • Blepharis rubiifolia Schumach. in Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 66 (1828)
  • Blepharis teaguei Oberm. in Ann. Transvaal Mus. 19: 133 (1937)
  • Blepharis togodelia Solms ex Schweinf. in Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 108 (1867)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Namibia, Botswana, S-Zimbabwe, Zambia, Cameroon, Madagascar, Comores (Mayotte, Grande Comore), Socotra, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mauritania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Ghana, Nigeria, Chad, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sudan, South Sudan, Togo, Benin, Djibouti, Angola, Cape Verde Isl. (Ilha de Sao Tiago), Continental: Asia-Tropical India (throughout), Sri Lanka, Pakistan (Pakistani Punjab, etc.), Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Mon) Continental: Asia-Temperate Yemen (Tihama, Aden Desert, W-Yemen), Arabia, China (Hainan), References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Roth, A.W. & Heyne, B. 1821. Novae Plantarum Species praesertim Indiae orientalis: Ex collectione doct. Benj. Heynii. iv + 412 pp, Halberstadii, Sumptibus H. Vogleri. BHL Reference page. : 320.

Additional references

• Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2). 492 pp., MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page. 

Links

• Hassler, M. 2018. Blepharis maderaspatensis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Blepharis maderaspatensis. Published online. Accessed: Jun. 08 2018.
• The Plant List 2013. Blepharis maderaspatensis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Jun. 08.
• Tropicos.org 2018. Blepharis maderaspatensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 08 Jun. 2018.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Blepharis maderaspatensis in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

മലയാളം: മുറികൂട്ടിപ്പച്ച
Tiếng Việt: Tai ria
中文: 百簕花

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