| Blepharidium | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cinchonoideae |
| Tribe: | Rondeletieae |
| Genus: | Blepharidium Standl. |
| Species: | B. guatemalense |
| Binomial name | |
| Blepharidium guatemalense Standl. | |
Blepharidium is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Blepharidium guatemalense, which is native to Guatemala, Honduras and southern Mexico (Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco). Older works might mention two species (viz. B. guatemalense and B. mexicanum).
Systematics
Blepharidium was named by Paul Standley in 1918. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words blepharitis or blepharidos, meaning "on an eyelid". The similar term, blepharis means "an eyelash".
A cladistic analysis of morphological characters found Blepharidium to be closely related to Cosmibuena, Balmea, and Hillia, but a molecular phylogenetic study placed it closer to Rondeletia.
References
- Fuentes, A.C.D.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2021). "Blepharidium guatemalense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T30687A126292331. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T30687A126292331.en. Retrieved 14 November 2021.
- "Blepharidium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae". Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- Mabberley DJ (2008). Mabberley's Plant Book (3 ed.). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-82071-4.
- Standley, PC. (1918). "Blepharidium page 59. In: "Blepharidium, a new genus of Rubiaceae from Guatemala"". Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. 8: 58–60.
- Quattrocchi U (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. Vol. 1. Boca Raton, New York, Washington DC, London: CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-2675-2.
- Andersson L (1995). "Tribes and genera of the Cinchoneae complex (Rubiaceae)". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 82 (3): 409–427. doi:10.2307/2399891. JSTOR 2399891.
- Manns U, Bremer B (2010). "Towards a better understanding of intertribal relationships and stable tribal delimitations within Cinchonoideae s.s. (Rubiaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 56 (1): 21–39. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2010.04.002. PMID 20382247. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-27.
External links
- Blepharidium in the World Checklist of Rubiaceae
- Blepharidium At:Index Nominum Genericorum At: References At: NMNH Department of Botany At: Research and Collections At: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
- Blepharidium At: Plant Names At: IPNI
- Blepharidium In: volume 8 Of: Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences At: Titles At: Biodiversity Heritage Library
- CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: A-C At: Botany & Plant Science At: Life Science At: CRC Press
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