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Kleinia longiflora DC.
Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6: 337 337 1838.
Family: ASTERACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Senecio longiflorus (DC.) Sch.Bip.
Flora Flora 28: 499 (1845); Oliver & Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii.421

Kleinia longiflora (Senecio longiflorus) Photo by: Frikkie Hall
This Sambokbossie (Kleinia longiflora) has about 30 flower buds.

Synonyms:

See all synonyms of Senecio longiflorus
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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Senecio longiflorus (DC.) Sch.Bip.
Flora Flora 28: 499 (1845); Oliver & Hiern, in Oliver, Fl. Trop. Afr. iii.421
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Senecio longiflorus subs. madagascariensis (Humbert) G.D.Rowley
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 62(6): 282. 1990
Synonymy: 3 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Senecio longiflorus subs. scottii (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley
Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 62(6): 282. 1990
Synonymy: 3
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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Sjambok bush, Paintbrush flower
AFRIKAANS (Afrikaans): Sambokbossie, Sjambokbossie, Sjambokbos, Sambokbos, Gelukbos
HERERO (otjiHerero): orukwasena
OWAMBO (Oshiwambo / Oshivambo): elangelamwali, oshinanganamwali, okatendadikwa
SHONA (ChiShona): Afushavhavhakadzi

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Senecio longiflorus group



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