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'''''Kleinia fulgens''''' is a [[species]] of flowering plant in the [[genus]] ''[[Kleinia]]'' and the family [[Asteraceae]] native to [[Southern Africa]], which used to be of the genus ''[[Senecio]]''.<ref name="sntc">{{cite web
'''''Kleinia fulgens''''', commony known as the '''coral senecio''', is a [[species]] of flowering plant in the [[genus]] ''[[Kleinia]]'' and the family [[Asteraceae]] native to [[Southern Africa]], which used to be of the genus ''[[Senecio]]''.<ref name="sntc">{{cite web
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}}</ref> It is native to the countries Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as to [[KwaZulu-Natal]] and the [[Northern Provinces]] in South Africa.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kleinia fulgens |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:227384-1 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Kew Science |language=en}}</ref>

==Range==
[[File:Kleinia fulgens 2019-12-13 6076.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Detail of leaves]]
It is native to the countries [[Angola]], [[Mozambique]], [[Swaziland]], [[Zambia]], and [[Zimbabwe]], as well as to [[KwaZulu-Natal]] and the [[Northern Provinces]] in [[South Africa]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kleinia fulgens |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:227384-1 |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Kew Science |language=en}}</ref>


==Description==
==Description==
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|File:Kleinia fulgens by Yingwe-hek, Dinokengwildtuin, a.jpg|Large flowering ''K. fulgens'' bush
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|File:Kleinia fulgens 2019-12-13 6076.jpg|Detail of ''K. fulgens'' leaves
|File:Kleinia fulgens 1DS-II 7611.jpg|Side view of a flowerhead
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Latest revision as of 05:41, 8 October 2024

Coral senecio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Kleinia
Species:
K. fulgens
Binomial name
Kleinia fulgens
Synonyms[1]

Notonia fulgens (Hook.f.) Guillaumin
Notonia welwitschii (O.Hoffm.) Hiern
Notoniopsis fulgens (Hook.f.) B.Nord.
Senecio fulgens (Hook.f.) G.Nicholson
Senecio hookerianus H.Jacobsen
Senecio welwitschii O.Hoffm.

Kleinia fulgens, commony known as the coral senecio, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Kleinia and the family Asteraceae native to Southern Africa, which used to be of the genus Senecio.[2]

Range

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Detail of leaves

It is native to the countries Angola, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, as well as to KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Provinces in South Africa.[3]

Description

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It is a perennial herbaceous plant with a rather soft stem and succulent leaves, extensive, up to 60 cm long, without long hair. Leaves narrow down to the base of the wings, oval with prominent triangular pointed teeth, total length up to 15 cm x 5 cm wide.[citation needed]

There are few flowerheads which resemble a thistle; involucral bracts few, very unequal in width, membranous with border, up to 2 cm long; disk 2.5 cm in diameter; without rays, corolla crimson, scarlet or cherry in colour. The flowers appear from late autumn to winter.[4][better source needed]

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References

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  1. ^ "Kleinia fulgens record n° 101881". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
  2. ^ "Species Information: Kleinia fulgens Hook.f." Swaziland's Flora Database. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2008-05-22. Compton's Flora of Swaziland
  3. ^ "Kleinia fulgens". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2024-07-07.
  4. ^ Senecio fulgens (Hook.f.) G.Nicholson LLIFLE - Encyclopedia of living forms. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
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