Kleinia ( Latin Kleinia ) is a genus of perennial leaf-stem succulent plants of the Astrovye family ( Asteraceae ) from the Krestovnikovye ( Senecioneae ) tribe, whose species are naturally distributed in Africa , as well as in Western and Southern Asia , several species are represented in Madagascar and the Canary Islands .
| Kleinia |
Kleinia abyssinica |
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| The kingdom : | Green plants |
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| International Scientific Name |
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Kleinia [ L. ] Mill. , 1754 [2] |
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- Notonia DC.
- Notoniopsis B.Nord.
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Many members of the genus have the appearance of herbaceous plants, others look more like small trees or shrubs.
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The name Kleinia was first used in relation to this plant genus in 1737 by Karl Linnaeus in the book Genera Plantarum . Linnae called this genus of plants after his contemporary Jacob Theodore Klein (1682-1759) [3] . In the Species Plantarum of 1753, the starting point of the modern botanical nomenclature, he did not use this name, after this date this name was again taken by Philip Miller in 1754 [2] .
Stems prostrate or erect, may be cylindrical or angular in cross section.
The leaves are whole, in some species bluish-blue or whitish, usually fleshy, may have a flat or cylindrical shape.
The flowers are usually noticeable due to the bright color, solitary or collected flaps, terminal or axillary.
Some species are grown as indoor succulent plants. In regions with suitable climatic conditions, a number of species are used for arranging carpet stands and borders when designing flower beds.
The genus includes more than fifty species [4] , many of which were previously included in the extensive genus Krestovnik ( Senecio ).
Some famous species:
- Kleinia abyssinica ( A. Rich. ) A.Berger
- Kleinia anteuphorbium ( L. ) Haw.
- Kleinia fulgens Hook.f.
- Kleinia implexa ( PROBally ) C.Jeffrey
- Kleinia longiflora DC. - Long-flowered lamination
- Kleinia neriifolia Haw. - Kleyniya oleandrolistnaya
- Kleinia rowleyana ( Jacobsen ) G.Kunkel
- Kleinia scottii ( Balf.f. ) P.Halliday
- Kleinia stapeliiformis ( E.Phillips ) Stapf - Staple-shaped Kleinia
