Biology:Kleinia neriifolia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Kleinia |
| Species: | K. neriifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Kleinia neriifolia Haw.
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Senecio kleinia Less. | |
Kleinia neriifolia, known in Spanish as verode or berode, is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family (Asteraceae). It is endemic to the Canary Islands. It was formerly named Senecio kleinia.[2]:353
Description
A succulent plant,[3] Kleinia neriifolia has articulated branches (constrictions that make them look like rows of sausages)[4] and thick, stubby, elongated leaves up to 12 cm (5 in) long which grow directly from the main stem or branch without a petiole or footstalk. The leaves grow clustered in crowded circles at the tops of the branches.[4][3] Plants can reach 3 m (10 ft) or more. Fragrant grey white flowers appear at any time between March and October. The plant is deciduous, the leaves falling at the beginning of the dry season.[5] As with many succulents, reproduction by cuttings is possible.
Flowers
Leafless in the dry season
Habitat
Eugenius Warming, 1909[3]
Kleinia neriifolia grows abundantly in the Tabaibal-Cardonal zone or the arid, subtropical areas, often with steep and eroded substrates which are more pronounced and dominant in the eastern archipelago.[6] The vegetation can be compared with that of the arid areas of Sudan, Ethiopia, Arabia and Iran and is typical of the steppe in the African continent.[4]
Horticulture
The plant is used in gardens with dry conditions. The plant requires a minimum exposure to the sun. The minimum winter temperature it can endure is −2 °C (28 °F).[5]
Kleinia neriifolia has been successfully cultivated as a houseplant and as landscaping. It is on a list of suggested fire safe landscaping.[7]
References
- ↑ "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Kleinia neriifolia". 23 January 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/79728152/79728158.
- ↑ Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Warming, Eugenius (1977). "32 Storage of Water by Land Plants". Oecology of Plants. 300 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH: Ayer Publishing. ISBN 0-405-10423-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=aKXsiOsqlp0C&pg=PA123.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Canary Islands Flora - Arid Habitat". http://www.canaryislandflora.com/arid.htm.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Elio Darcangeli. "LE PIANTE - Senecio kleinia" (in it). PIANTE GRASS and SUCCULANTS. http://digilander.libero.it/cacti/PL012.htm.
- ↑ S. Rivas Goday y F. Esteve Chueca. "Ensayo fitosociológico de la "Crassi-Euphorbieta" macaronesica y estudio de los tabaibales y cardonales de Gran Canaria" (in es). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid) 22 (1): 221–339. http://www.rjb.csic.es/pdfs/Anales_22(1)_221_339.pdf. Retrieved 2008-03-02. [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ Jeanette Knutson-Pedersen; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (July 2005). "Tree Notes". Fire Safe Landscaping. Plumas Fire Safe Council. http://plumasfiresafe.org/Documents/treenote17.fire%20resits%20plant.3.pdf.
External links
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