Peucedanum kerstenii

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Peucedanum kerstenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Tribe: Selineae
Genus: Peucedanum
Species: P. kerstenii
Binomial name
Peucedanum kerstenii
Engl.
Synonyms

Anthriscus dissectus C.H.Wright
Peucedanum dissectum (C.H.Wright) Dawe
Peucedanum mildbraedii H.Wolff
Peucedanum wrightii M.Hiroe [1]

Peucedanum kerstenii member of the Apiaceae or carrot family and species of the genus Peucedanum makes its home among the giant groundsels (Dendrosenecio) atop of the mountains of Eastern Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, Mount Kenya, Ruwenzori Range and the Virunga Volcanoes.[2][3][4]

Peucedanum kerstenii is a shrublike[3] "large hardy perennial" [4] umbel that grows to be 2 meters (6 - 7 feet) tall and found on the Ruwenzori Range in woodlands at altitudes of 3,500 - 4,200 meters (11,000 - 14,000 feet),[3] and on the slopes of all the larger mountains mixed with Hagenia abyssinica.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Peucedanum kerstenii Engl. record n° 26958 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  2. ^ Aluka. Peucedanum kerstenii Engl. [family UMBELLIFERAE] (HTML). African Plants. Ithaka Harbors, Inc. DOI:10.5555/AL.AP.COMPILATION.PLANT-NAME-SPECIES.PEUCEDANUM.KERSTENII. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  3. ^ a b c H. Peter Linder and Berit Gehrke (2 March 2006). Common plants of the Rwenzori, particularly the upper zones (PDF). Institute for Systematic Botany, University of Zurich. Retrieved on 2008-05-06.
  4. ^ a b c VIRUNGA NATIONAL PARK, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (HTML). World Conservation Union (1984). Retrieved on 2008-05-09.
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