Kleinia

Kleinia
Kleinia neriifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Asteroideae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Kleinia
Mill.
SynonymsING, GRIN
  • Notonia DC.
  • Notoniopsis B. Nord.
  • Kleinia subg. Notonia (DC.) C.Jeffrey
  • Senecio subg. Kleinia (Mill.) O.Hoffm.
  • Senecio subg. Notonia (DC.) O.Hoffm.

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

Formerly included

Use

Kleinia species are used as herbal medicine.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Kleinia Mill. (n.d.). Plants of the World Online. Retrieved January 4, 2026, from https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3287707-4
  2. ↑ "Kleinia". Index Nominum Genericorum. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. 2006-02-20. Retrieved 2008-05-02.
  3. 1 2 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. 1 2 3 Tegegne, B. A., Begashaw, T., Belay, W. Y., Tariku, M. K., Zeleke, T. K., Jemal, M., ... & Dagne, A. (2025). Kleinia (Asteraceae): comprehensive review of ethnomedicinal uses, phytochemical profiles, ethnopharmacological applications, and toxicological insights. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 15, 1469887.
  8. ↑ 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ "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.[permanent dead link]