Kleinia

Kleinia is a genus of African flowering plants in the sunflower family.[4][5] Kleinia contains around 50 species and is distributed from the Canary Islands, throughout Tropical Africa to India and Arabia. It is closely related to the genus Senecio but is distinguished primarily by having succulent stems and/or leaves.[6]

Kleinia
Verode
Senecio kleinia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Asterids
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Tribe:
Senecioneae
Genus:
Kleinia

Mill. 1754 not Guett. 1754 (Asteraceae) nor Jacq. 1760 (Asteraceae) nor Crantz 1766 (Combretaceae) nor Juss. 1803 (Asteraceae)[1]
SynonymsING,[2] GRIN[3]
  • Notonia DC.
  • Notoniopsis B. Nord.
  • Kleinia subg. Notonia (DC.) C.Jeffrey
  • Senecio subg. Kleinia (Mill.) O.Hoffm.
  • Senecio subg. Notonia (DC.) O.Hoffm.

Kleinia commemorates Dr Jacob Theodor Klein, a German botanist.[7]

Species[3][8]
  • Kleinia abyssinica (A.Rich.) A.Berger
  • Kleinia amaniensis (Engl.) A.Berger
  • Kleinia anteuphorbium DC.
    • Cacalia anteuphorbium L.
    • Senecio anteuphorbium (L.) Sch. Bip.
  • Kleinia breviflora C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia caespitosa Thulin
  • Kleinia cephalophora Compton
  • Kleinia cliffordiana (Hutch.) C.D.Adams
  • Kleinia curvata Thulin
  • Kleinia dolichocoma C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia fulgens Hook.f.
  • Kleinia galpinii Hook.f.
  • Kleinia gracilis Thulin
  • Kleinia grantii (Oliv. & Hiern) Hook.f.
  • Kleinia gregorii (S.Moore) C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia gypsophila J.-P.Lebrun & Stork
  • Kleinia implexa (P.R.O.Bally) C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia isabellae Dioli & Mesfin
  • Kleinia kleiniiformis (Suess.) Boom.
    • Senecio kleiniiformis Suess.
  • Kleinia kleinioides (Sch.Bip.) M.Taylor
  • Kleinia leptophylla C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia longiflora DC.
    • Senecio longiflorus (DC.) Sch.Bip.
  • Kleinia lunulata (Chiov.) Thulin
  • Kleinia madagascariensis (Humbert) P. Halliday
  • Kleinia mweroensis (Baker) C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia negrii Cufod.
  • Kleinia neriifolia Haw.
    • Senecio kleinia Less.
  • Kleinia nogalensis (Chiov.) Thulin
  • Kleinia odora (Forssk.) DC.
  • Kleinia ogadensis Thulin
  • Kleinia oligodonta C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia patriciae C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia pendula (Forssk.) DC.
  • Kleinia petraea (R.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey
    • Notonia petraea R.E.Fr.
    • Senecio jacobsenii G.D.Rowley
  • Kleinia picticaulis (P.R.O.Bally) C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia rowleyana (H.Jacobsen) G.Kunkel
  • Kleinia sabulosa Thulin
  • Kleinia saginata P. Halliday
  • Kleinia schwartzii L.E.Newton
  • Kleinia schweinfurthii (Oliv. & Hiern) A.Berger
  • Kleinia scotti (Balf.f.) P.Halliday
    • Senecio scottii Balf.f
  • Kleinia scottioides C.Jeffrey
  • Kleinia squarrosa Cufod.
  • Kleinia stapeliiformis (E.Phillips) Stapf
  • Kleinia tortuosa Thulin
  • Kleinia triantha Chiov.
  • Kleinia tuberculata Thulin
  • Kleinia vermicularis C.Jeffrey
formerly included

References
  1. Tropicos search for Kleinia
  2. "Kleinia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  3. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) (1996-09-17). "Genus: Kleinia Mill". Taxonomy for Plants. USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program, National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Archived from the original on 2012-09-12. Retrieved 2008-04-24.
  4. Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition 2:729
  5. Tropicos, Kleinia Mill.
  6. G., Miller, Anthony (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the southern region of Oman : traditional, economic, and medicinal uses. Morris, Miranda., Stuart-Smith, Susanna., Oman. Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment. [Muscat]: Prepared and published by the Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. p. 108. ISBN 0715708082. OCLC 20798112.
  7. G., Miller, Anthony (1988). Plants of Dhofar, the southern region of Oman : traditional, economic, and medicinal uses. Morris, Miranda., Stuart-Smith, Susanna., Oman. Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment. [Muscat]: Prepared and published by the Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. p. 110. ISBN 0715708082. OCLC 20798112.
  8. "Kleinia Mill". African plants database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-04-24.


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