Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii

Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii
Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Senecioneae
Genus: Dendrosenecio
Species: D. erici-rosenii
Binomial name
Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii
(R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox
Synonyms

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Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii one of the East African giant groundsel and this one can be found on the Ruwenzori Mountains, Virunga Mountains and the Mitumba Mountains. A species of the genus Dendrosenecio and is also a collection of reclassified Senecio species.

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Description

Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii grows to 6 meters tall. The old leaves drop off and leave a very slender stem. Flower heads have very prominent yellow ray flowers.[2]

Distribution

Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii is found more on sloping, better-drained soils on the Ruwenzori Range, Virunga Mountains and the Mitumba Mountains between 3,500 and 4,500 meters. Also found between 4,400 to 5,000 meters but it does not produce flowers there.[2]

Infraspecific name synonymy

The names for the giant groundsels have become somewhat confusing:

  • Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox[1]
    • Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox subsp. alticola (Mildbr.) E.B.Knox[3]
      • Senecio adnivalis Stapf var. alticola (T.C.E.Fr.) Hedberg
      • Senecio adnivalis Stapf var. intermedia Hauman
      • Senecio alticola T.C.E.Fr. var. subcalvescens Hauman
      • Senecio johnstonii Oliv. var. alticola (T.C.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey
      • Senecio refractisquamatus De Wild. var. intermedia (Hauman) Robyns
    • Dendrosenecio erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) E.B.Knox subsp. erici-rosenii[4]
      • Senecio erici-rosenii R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.
      • Senecio johnstonii Oliv. var. erici-rosenii (R.E.Fr. & T.C.E.Fr.) C.Jeffrey
      • Senecio kahuzicus Humb.
      • Senecio longeligulatus De Wild.

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