| Curio | |
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| Discoid flowers of Curio plants | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Senecioneae |
| Genus: | Curio P.V.Heath |
Curio is a genus of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Plants in the genus are evergreen succulents with long, striated leaves and discoid flower heads lacking ray florets.
Taxonomy[edit]
The genus was described by English botanist Paul V. Heath and published in Calyx 5(4): 136, 1997.[1] It contains over 20 species, all of them formerly belonging to the genus Senecio.[2]
Species[edit]
- Curio acaulis (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio archeri (Compton) P.V.Heath
- Curio articulatus (L.) P.V.Heath (Kleinia articulata)[3]
- Curio avasimontanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath
- Curio citriformis (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio corymbifer (DC.) Eggli
- Curio crassulifolius (DC.) P.V.Heath
- Curio cuneifolius (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio ficoides (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio hallianus (G.D.Rowley) P.V.Heath
- Curio herreanus (Dinter) P.V.Heath
- Curio humbertii (Guillaumin) P.V.Heath
- Curio muirii (L. Bolus) van Jaarsv.
- Curio ovoideus (Compton) P.V.Heath
- Curio × peregrinus (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio pondoensis van Jaarsv. & A.E.van Wyk
- Curio radicans (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio repens (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio rowleyanus (L.) P.V.Heath
- Curio sulcicalyx (N.E.Br.) P.V.Heath
- Curio talinoides (DC.) P.V.Heath
References[edit]
- ^ "Curio ficoides". PlantZAfrica. SA National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Search results for scientific names (genus: Curio)". Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, 2019 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Naturalis. Archived from the original on 2019-12-29. Retrieved 2019-12-29.
- ^ "Kleinia articulata (L.f.) Haw". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
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