Senecio battiscombei

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Dendrosenecio battiscombei

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Dendrosenecio
Species: D. battiscombei
Binomial name
Dendrosenecio battiscombei
(R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox
Synonyms

Senecio battiscombei R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
Senecio aberdaricus R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
Source: [1]

Senecio battiscombei or with its new name Dendrosenecio battiscombei since its reclassification from the genus Senecio into the genus Dendrosenecio is one of the giant groundsels that lives on the on the slopes of Mount Kenya and the Aberdare Range. Like Dendrosenecio adnivalis on the Ruwenzori Range and the Virunga Mountains, Dendrosenecio battiscombei grows in the lower wetter areas of the Afro-Alpine zone.[2]

[edit] Infraspecific name synonymy

  • Dendrosenecio battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox
    • Dendrosenecio johnstonii (Oliv.) B.Nord. subsp. battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) B.Nord.
    • Senecio aberdaricus R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
    • Senecio battiscombei R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
    • Senecio johnstonii Oliv. var. battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) Mabb.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Dendrosenecio battiscombei (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox record n° 105250 (HTML). African Plants Database. South African National Biodiversity Institute, the Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève and Tela Botanica. Retrieved on 2008-05-13.
  2. ^ Allan, Iain (1998). The Mountain Club of Kenya Guide to Mount Kenya and Kilimanjaro. Alpha Graphics Ltd.. 

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