Kleinia neriifolia

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Campanulids
Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Kleinia
Species: Kleinia neriifolia
Name

Kleinia neriifolia Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 312 (1812).
Synonyms

Replaced synonym
Cacalia kleinia L., Sp. Pl.: 834 (1753).
Homotypic
Cacalia terminalis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 187 (1796).
Kleinia kleinia (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 8: 544 (1928), nom. inval.
Senecio kleinia (L.) Less., Linnaea 6: 252 (1831).
Senecio neriifolius (Haw.) Baill., Hist. Pl. 8: 308 (1882).
Heterotypic
Kleinia neriifolia f. ovalifolia G.Kunkel, Vieraea 8: 349 (1980).
Senecio kleinia var. tuberculata Afferni & Mangani, Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic. 2018(2): 18 (2018).

Distribution
Native distribution areas:
Kleinia neriifolia

Continental: Africa
Regional: Macaronesia
Canary Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Gomera, Hierro, La Palma)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Haworth, A.H. 1812. Synopsis plantarum succulentarum: cum descriptionibus, synonymis, locis, observationibus anglicanis, culturaque. 334 pp. London: R. Taylor. BHL Reference page.

Links

Hassler, M. 2018. Kleinia neriifolia. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 02. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2018. Kleinia neriifolia. Published online. Accessed: Mar.02 2018.
The Plant List 2013. Kleinia neriifolia in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2018 Mar. 02.
Tropicos.org 2018. Kleinia neriifolia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Mar. 2018.

Vernacular names
English: verode, berode
español: verol, berol, berode y verode

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.

Habitat

...these plants almost seem to live on air, yet they attain a considerable size; filled with sap they hang down in all their beauty from jagged rock, at first sight seeming to be purely superficial, but in reality sending their roots into crevices, and abstracting the water retained there by capillarity.

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.
Bramwell, D.; Bramwell, Z. (2001). Wild flowers of the Canary Islands. Madrid, Spain: Editorial Rueda. ISBN 84-7207-129-4.
Warming, Eugenius (1977) [1909]. "32 Storage of Water by Land Plants". Oecology of Plants. 300 Bedford Street, Manchester, NH: Ayer Publishing. ISBN 0-405-10423-5.
"Canary Islands Flora - Arid Habitat". Archived from the original on 2008-03-06. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
Elio Darcangeli. "LE PIANTE - Senecio kleinia". PIANTE GRASS and SUCCULANTS (in Italian). Retrieved 2008-03-02.
S. Rivas Goday y F. Esteve Chueca. "Ensayo fitosociológico de la "Crassi-Euphorbieta" macaronesica y estudio de los tabaibales y cardonales de Gran Canaria" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (in Spanish). Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid: Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid. 22 (1): 221–339. Retrieved 2008-03-02.[dead link]
Jeanette Knutson-Pedersen; California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (July 2005). "Tree Notes" (PDF). Fire Safe Landscaping. Plumas Fire Safe Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-10. Retrieved 2008-03-02.