Dendrosenecio

Dendrosenecio keniensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asterales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Campanulids Ordo: Asterales

Familia: Asteraceae
Subfamilia: Asteroideae
Tribus: Senecioneae
Subtribus: Senecioninae
Genus: Dendrosenecio
Species: D. adnivalis – D. battiscombei – D. brassica – D. brassiciformis – D. cheranganiensis – D. elgonensis – D. erici-rosenii – D. johnstonii – D. keniensis – D. keniodendron – D. kilimanjari – D. meruensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Tropicos.org 2018. Dendrosenecio. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Feb. 2018.

Name

Dendrosenecio (Hauman ex Hedberg) B.Nord., 1978

• Type species: Dendrosenecio johnstonii (Oliv.) B.Nord., 1978

Synonyms

• Senecio sect. Arborei O.Hoffm., 1894 (in Engler & Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(5):5)
• Senecio subg. Dendrosenecio Hauman ex Hedberg, 1957 (Symb. Bot. Upsal. 15:226)
• Senecio ser. Arborei (O.Hoffm.) C.Jeffrey, 1986 (Kew Bull. 41:887)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Africa Regional: Eastern Africa Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda Regional: Central Africa Zaïre References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Nordenstam, Bertil. (1978) "Taxonomic studies in the tribe Senecioneae (Compositae)". Opera Bot. 44:1-84.

Additional references

• Knox, Eric B. (1993) "The Species of Giant Senecio (Compositae) and Giant Lobelia (Lobeliaceae) in Eastern Africa." Contr. Univ. Mich. Herb. 19:241-257.
• Knox, Eric. B. (2005) "Dendrosenecio." in H. J. Beentje, C. Jeffrey & D. J. N. Hind (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, Compositae (part 3). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-106-0. pp. 548-563.

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dendrosenecio. Published online. Accessed: June 25 2023.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dendrosenecio in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 25. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Dendrosenecio. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 25 June 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. Dendrosenecio. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2023. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2023 June 25. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Giant Groundsels
svenska: Jättekorsörterna

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