Curio archeri
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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: | Curio |
| Species: | C. archeri
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| Curio archeri C.Jeffrey (1992)
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Curio archeri, syn. Senecio toxotis is a species of succulent plant in the family Asteraceae that is indigenous to the south-western Cape, South Africa.[3]
Description
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A small, low-growing succulent, with rhizomes and a few short, erect stems, with the leaves concentrated at the tip of top of each stem. The leaves are blue-green, pruinose, and typically flattened laterally. Each side of the leaf blade has several translucent lines.
The flower capitulum has no ray florets, and appears at the tip of a slender, erect inflorescence.[4]
Distribution
[edit]This species is indigenous to the south-western parts of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. It occurs in rocky areas, in the western Little Karoo, in the Robertson Karoo, and in the Overberg region.
It is closely related to Curio citriformis, which occurs in the Little Karoo to the north, as well as to Curio crassulifolius and Curio repens (syn. Senecio serpens).
References
[edit]- ^ International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Harvard University Herbaria & Libraries; Australian National Botanic Gardens. 2008-05-29 https://www.ipni.org/n/961735-1.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Senecio toxotis record n° 98486". African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved 2008-05-29.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c Species Details : Curio archeri (Compton) P.V.Heath Catalogue of Life: 2020-04-16 Beta
- ^ G.Rowley (1994). Succulent Compositae: A Grower's Guide to the Succulent Species of Senecio & Othonna. Strawberry Press. ISBN 0912647124, 9780912647128
External links
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Media related to Kleinia archeri at Wikimedia Commons
- Jeffrey, Charles (1992). "The Tribe Senecioneae (Compositae) in the Mascarene Islands with an Annotated World Check-List of the Genera of the Tribe: Notes on Compositae: VI". Kew Bulletin. 47 (1). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: 49–109. Bibcode:1992KewBu..47...49J. doi:10.2307/4110768. JSTOR 4110768.