Аннотация:Curio alliance is far distant from the genuine Senecio. The genus Curio looks like monophyletic, but C. acaulis and C. articulatus must be excluded. The former species is nested among yellow-flowered members of Curio alliance which still have to be treated taxonomically. Curio articulatus is specific enough to be segregated in the separate new genus Baculellum. Curio kleiniiformis is a cultivated hybrid species between Senecio tropaeolifolius and some species of genuine Curio, the latter one has to be revealed. C. kleiniiformis should conventionally be retained in the genus Curio. Inclusion of Seneciocorymbiferus in Curio needs further examinations.