Kleinia
Kleinia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family. Kleinia contains around 50 species and is distributed from Morocco and the Canary Islands, throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, South Asia and Indochina. It is closely related to the genus Senecio but is distinguished primarily by having succulent stems or leaves.
Description
Vegetative characteristics
Kleinia are upright, perennial, succulent, 1–2.5 m tall shrubs or subshrubs with fleshy, 3–6 cm wide stems and tuberous roots.Generative characteristics
The flowers are white, yellow, or red.Taxonomy
It was described by Philip Miller in 1754.Etymology
Kleinia commemorates Dr. Jacob Theodor Klein, a German botanist.Species
The genus Kleinia has 56 species:;Species
- Kleinia abyssinica A.Berger
- Kleinia amaniensis A.Berger
- Kleinia anteuphorbium DC.
- *Cacalia anteuphorbium L.
- *Senecio anteuphorbium Sch. Bip.
- Kleinia breviflora C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia caespitosa Thulin
- Kleinia cephalophora Compton
- Kleinia cliffordiana C.D.Adams
- Kleinia curvata Thulin
- Kleinia dolichocoma C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia fulgens Hook.f.
- Kleinia galpinii Hook.f.
- Kleinia gracilis Thulin
- Kleinia grantii Hook.f.
- Kleinia gregorii C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia gypsophila J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
- Kleinia implexa C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia isabellae Dioli & Mesfin
- Kleinia kleiniiformis Boom.
- *Senecio kleiniiformis Suess.
- Kleinia kleinioides M.Taylor
- Kleinia leptophylla C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia longiflora DC.
- *Senecio longiflorus Sch.Bip.
- Kleinia lunulata Thulin
- Kleinia madagascariensis P. Halliday
- Kleinia mweroensis C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia negrii Cufod.
- Kleinia neriifolia Haw.
- *Senecio kleinia Less.
- Kleinia nogalensis Thulin
- Kleinia odora DC.
- Kleinia ogadensis Thulin
- Kleinia oligodonta C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia patriciae C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia pendula DC.
- Kleinia petraea C.Jeffrey
- *Notonia petraea R.E.Fr.
- *Senecio jacobsenii G.D.Rowley
- Kleinia picticaulis C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia rowleyana G.Kunkel
- Kleinia sabulosa Thulin
- Kleinia saginata P. Halliday
- Kleinia schwartzii L.E.Newton
- Kleinia schweinfurthii A.Berger
- Kleinia scottii P.Halliday
- *Senecio scottii Balf.f
- Kleinia scottioides C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia squarrosa Cufod.
- Kleinia stapeliiformis Stapf
- Kleinia tortuosa Thulin
- Kleinia triantha Chiov.
- Kleinia tuberculata Thulin
- Kleinia vermicularis C.Jeffrey
- Senecio articulatus Sch. Bip.
- *Kleinia articulata Haw.
- Senecio radicans Sch. Bip.
- *Kleinia radicans Haw. ex DC.
- Porophyllum ruderale subsp. ruderale
- *Kleinia ruderalis Jacq.
- Stevia selloi B.L.Rob.
- *Kleinia selloi Spreng
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