Genus Blepharis

Blepharis mitrata plant

Kiranjeet Kaur
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2 min readSep 23, 2022

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Blepharis mitrata is a plant found in rocky areas of Namibia (a Country in Southern Africa). This plant does not grow in the dunes. The whole plant is spiny with elliptical-shaped leaves. It is a species of plant in the family Acanthaceae( the acanthus family). Other species of the Blepharis genus are B.grossa and B.pruinosa. Blepharis mitrata plants have medicinal properties to help cure hemorrhoids, Fontanel hardening, cough, and wounds.

Taxonomic details

Kingdom- Plantae

Subkingdom- Viridaeplantae

Phylum- Tracheophyta

Subphylum-Euphyllophytina

Infraphylum-Radiatopses

Class-Magnoliopsida

Subclass-Lamiidae

Superorder -Lamianae

Order-Scrophulariales

Family -Acanthaceae

Genus-Blepharis

List of Plants of Genus Blepharis

  1. Blepharis attenuata Napper
  2. Blepharis ciliaris
  3. Blepharis crinita Juss
  4. Blepharis dhofarensis,A.G.Mill. (es;pt)
  5. Blepharis edulis
  6. Blepharis

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