Kleinia Explained
Kleinia is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower family.[1] [2] 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.[3]
Kleinia commemorates Dr. Jacob Theodor Klein, a German botanist.[4]
- Species[5]
- 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.
- 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 scottii (Balf.f.) P.Halliday
- 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
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- formerly included
Notes and References
- Miller, Philip. 1754. Gardeners Dictionary...Abridged...fourth edition 2:729
- http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40035792 Tropicos, Kleinia Mill.
- Book: G., Miller, Anthony. Plants of Dhofar, the southern region of Oman : traditional, economic, and medicinal uses. 1988. Prepared and published by the Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Morris, Miranda., Stuart-Smith, Susanna., Oman. Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment.. 0715708082. [Muscat]. 108. 20798112.
- Book: G., Miller, Anthony. Plants of Dhofar, the southern region of Oman : traditional, economic, and medicinal uses. 1988. Prepared and published by the Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment, Diwan of Royal Court, Sultanate of Oman. Morris, Miranda., Stuart-Smith, Susanna., Oman. Office of the Adviser for Conservation of the Environment.. 0715708082. [Muscat]. 110. 20798112.
- Web site: Kleinia Mill. . 2008-04-24 . African plants database . South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica..